This article seeks to evaluate the ethical underpinnings of neoliberalism and its associated power relations, and to illustrate the influence of such relationships on the health of people and the planet in the so-called era of the Anthropocene. We seek to reveal the current ethical standing of neoliberalism, and to identify other ethical positions and power relations that could be more conducive to promoting peaceful progress in an era during which all future life on our planet will be increasingly threatened by several organically inter-linked, human-caused crises, including that of the Earth’s biosphere. We conclude that on a planet close to many tipping points, beyond which irreversible entropy may ensue, a shift is needed away from neoliberal and anthropocentric belief systems towards a more ecologically aware perspective on life. Fostering the ethics of greater cooperation, mutual respect, deeper democracy, solidarity and enhanced social justice could facilitate the development of sustainability as a maxim of wisdom and praxis. Ultimately however, such progress requires the transformation of political power, as well as policies that are grounded in new ethical commitments.

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理解道德，新自由主义和权力之间的关系，以此作为改善人类和地球健康的一步

本文旨在评估新自由主义及其相关权力关系的道德基础，并说明在所谓的人类世时代，这种关系对人类和地球健康的影响。我们力求揭示新自由主义目前的道德立场，并确定其他伦理立场和权力关系，这些立场和权力关系将更有利于在这个地球上未来生活将越来越受到几种有机相互联系的威胁的时代促进和平进步。人类造成的危机，包括地球生物圈的危机。我们得出的结论是，在接近许多临界点的行星上，可能会出现不可逆的熵，因此需要从新自由主义和人类中心的信念体系转向对生命更加生态意识的观点。树立更大合作，相互尊重，更深入的民主，团结和增强的社会正义的道德操守，可以促进可持续发展的发展，这是智慧和实践的准则。但是，最终要取得这样的进步，就需要改变政治权力，以及以新的道德承诺为基础的政策。