人类自从产生时起就从未中断过对自身生存问题的思考,环境伦理和环境法在某种意义上也可被归人此类范畴。当这种思考的层次从方式逐渐转向价值、对象从自身逐渐转向自然,人类关注的目光也逐渐投向了形上层面。与此同时,传统环境法理论的鄙陋日渐暴露,现实需要呼唤着新理论的产生。环境伦理与环境法存在着密切的联系,这早已为学界所普遍接受和承认。但这并非问题的终结而是新问题的起点,它们之间的关系有待我们进一步深究。道德常被视为作用、效力范围都非常有限的“软 Humankind has never stopped thinking about its own existence since it was born, and environmental ethics and environmental law can also be classified in such a sense in some sense. When this level of thinking gradually shifts from mode to value, the object gradually turns to itself from its own point of view, and the attention of human beings has also gradually turned to the metaphysical aspect. At the same time, the traditional theories of environmental law are increasingly exposed, and the reality needs to call for the emergence of new theories. There is a close relationship between environmental ethics and environmental law, which has long been generally accepted and acknowledged by the academic community. But this is not the end of the problem but the starting point of the new problem, and the relationship between them needs further study. Morality is often seen as a role, the scope of effectiveness are very limited ”soft