Ethical Implications of Systems Methodology Applied to Industrial Ecology

作     者：Martina Keitsch 

作者机构：Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway 

出 版 物：《Sociology Study》 

年 卷 期：2012年第2卷第1期

页      面：49-59页

学科分类：0711[理学-系统科学] 12[管理学] 083001[工学-环境科学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0811[工学-控制科学与工程] 081103[工学-系统工程] 

主　　题：Systems methodology industrial ecology (IE) ethics anthropocentrism comprehensive methods 

摘      要：The systemic view on industry and on production and consumption pattern is an essential feature of the industrial ecology （IE） concept. One consequence of this view is to investigate industrial flows and consumer activities, and their effects on the environment in order to evaluate and eventually optimize these flows with the help of a systems methodology. Industrial ecology has been developed by engineers and natural scientists and its ethical core canon often manifests in anthropocentric assertions such as harmonizing the contradiction between nature and culture with scientific expertise, appropriate technology and socio-economic management. This paper argues however for a biocentric inspired, normative reading of some characteristics of industrial ecology＇s systems methodology. The presumption for the value of this endeavor is that industrial ecology＇s systems methodology has a potential for developing directions for the design of a possible sustainable world.