Michael Soulé is best known for his scientific contributions and central role founding the Society for Conservation Biology and its journal. Less well known are his childhood experiences, his affinity for Zen Buddhism and Arne Naess' deep ecology philosophy, and his contributions as an environmental activist to efforts to protect biodiversity and rewild ecosystems. Also less well known is the extent to which he was an interdisciplinary environmental studies scholar, struggling to understand what promotes and hinders proenvironmental behaviors. In this regard, his life and that of many other conservation scientists provide important clues, but no easy answers. By attempting to integrate the humanities, with its quest for a meaningful and fulfilling human existence, with naturalistic nature spirituality and ecocentric values, as well as the social and natural sciences, Soulé sought to solve the riddle as to why human beings seemed unable to understand, slow, and halt negative, anthropogenic environmental change. He thus modeled what interdisciplinary environmental studies is at its best. Those advocating the conservation of biological diversity have much to learn from Michael Soulé, not only from his scientific findings but from his way of seeing, the questions he asked, and from his love of the living world. Article impact statement: The life, spirituality, and ethics of Michael Soulé provide valuable insights for biodiversity advocates. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Michael Soulé (1936-2020) 关于灵性、伦理和保护生物学

Michael Soulé 以其科学贡献和创建保护生物学协会及其期刊的核心作用而闻名。鲜为人知的是他的童年经历、他对禅宗佛教的喜爱和 Arne Naess 的深刻生态哲学，以及他作为一名环保活动家对保护生物多样性和重新野生生态系统的贡献。同样鲜为人知的是，他是一名跨学科环境研究学者，他在多大程度上努力了解促进和阻碍亲环境行为的因素。在这方面，他和许多其他保护科学家的生活提供了重要线索，但没有简单的答案。通过尝试将人文科学与其对有意义和充实的人类生存的追求、自然主义的自然精神和生态中心价值观相结合，除了社会科学和自然科学，Soulé 还试图解开为什么人类似乎无法理解、减缓和阻止负面的、人为的环境变化的谜团。因此，他模拟了最好的跨学科环境研究。那些提倡保护生物多样性的人可以从迈克尔·苏莱身上学到很多东西，不仅从他的科学发现，而且从他的观察方式、他提出的问题以及他对生命世界的热爱中。文章影响声明：Michael Soulé 的生活、精神和伦理为生物多样性倡导者提供了宝贵的见解。本文受版权保护。版权所有。因此，他模拟了最好的跨学科环境研究。那些提倡保护生物多样性的人可以从迈克尔·苏莱身上学到很多东西，不仅从他的科学发现，而且从他的观察方式、他提出的问题以及他对生命世界的热爱中。文章影响声明：Michael Soulé 的生活、精神和伦理为生物多样性倡导者提供了宝贵的见解。本文受版权保护。版权所有。因此，他模拟了最好的跨学科环境研究。那些提倡保护生物多样性的人可以从迈克尔·苏莱身上学到很多东西，不仅从他的科学发现，而且从他的观察方式、他提出的问题以及他对生命世界的热爱中。文章影响声明：Michael Soulé 的生活、精神和伦理为生物多样性倡导者提供了宝贵的见解。本文受版权保护。版权所有。Michael Soulé 和伦理学为生物多样性倡导者提供了宝贵的见解。本文受版权保护。版权所有。Michael Soulé 和伦理学为生物多样性倡导者提供了宝贵的见解。本文受版权保护。版权所有。