On the limits of environmental ethics

The paper examines the theoretical basis of the environmental ethics and tries to find out, why some of its problem still remain unresolved. The author considers the limits of ethical thinking, as well as the possibility of a new sort of ethics, which would preserve the characteristics of teleological and deontological ethics. She outlines the way of making the humane and the environmental values equal and discusses the presuppositions of the practical acceptance of the environmental values. She takes into account also the possibility of an applied ethics offered by the concept of the sustainable development.