The ethics of enough

摘要

Enough is more than subsistence but is related to the ecological limits of the earth, our demands on them, and the other resources we need to live sustainable and meaningful lives. Ethics has a cultural and temporal context. In the West there has been the tussle between Rational and moral ethics. The former prevailed as the benefits of science and technology Emerged. Rational ethics is utilitarian, anthroocentric, and unsustainable. Moral ethics is Struggling to replace its former "other wordly" and religious cloak with, at least, an ecocentric And spiritual cloak.