A. Leopold聲稱一個不需要改變行爲的環境覺醒祇是一個發展真實環境倫理的第一個階段。台灣的環境教育成功地對於環境保護課題有了普遍的覺醒，但使得人們有正確的環境行爲方面卻做得很少。此論文建議環境運動中的下一個步驟是社會環境倫理的提升。文中首先定義何謂社會環境倫理；其次列出環境倫理的基本條件；然後提供進入社會環境倫理的四種一般過程；最後授及環保署可努力辦到的特殊貢獻。

Aldo Leopold claimed that an environmental awareness that required no change in behavior was merely a first stage in the development of a sincere environmental ethic. Environmental education in Taiwan has successfully made the general public aware of the issues of environmental protection, but has done little to move people to environmentally appropriate behavior. This article suggests that the next step in the environmental movement is the promotion of a societal environmental ethic. The article 1) defines societal environmental ethic; 2) lists the necessary elements of an environmental ethic; 3) provides four general procedures for advancing a societal environmental ethic; and 4) notes the unique contribution that the Environmental Prot ection Administration can make in the effort.