普世价值之争的焦点:关涉政治与无涉政治

Dispute Focus of Universal Values:to Concern or not to Concern with Politics

普世价值可以划分为一般性普世价值和特殊性普世价值。一般性普世价值无涉政治意识形态,而特殊性普世价值关涉政治意识形态。普世价值之争的焦点在于是否关涉政治,否认普世价值的人将其看做是关涉政治的,他们反对将民主、自由和人权等价值作为普世价值,进而否认普世价值的存在;赞同普世价值存在的人将其看做是无涉政治的,他们赞同将民主、自由和人权等价值作为普世价值,进而确认普世价值的存在。考虑到关于普世价值的学术探讨不仅是个理论问题,更是一个影响人们政治思想观念的现实问题,直接关涉到中国政治体制改革的路向选择,因此,理论界需要理性地、审慎地进行学术研究。

Universal values can be divided into general universal values and particular universal values.The former has no concern with political ideology while the latte is interrelated with political ideology.Those who deny the existence of universal values confirm the connection between the values and politics,thus oppose firmly to regard democracy,freedom and human rights as universal values.However,those who admit the existence of universal values connect it with politics and strongly believe democracy,freedom an...