人的价值和人的权利:孔子人学的两大发现

Human Value and Human Rights:Two Discoveries of Confucian Theory of Humanity

孔子的哲学是一种以人为中心,以人的个体发展、群体交往和物我关系(包括天人关系)为基本对象的哲学,是一种人学。孔子基于人的生命价值逐渐被重视的社会大背景,把整体的人作为研究对象,作出了"天之所生,地之所养,人为大矣"的理性判断和价值定位;又基于这种理性判断和价值定位,阐发了在当时可以说是相当丰富的有关人的权利的观点和主张。人的价值和人的权利的学说是孔子人学的两大发现。

Confucian philosophy is a kind of theory about mankind.It revolved about mankind itself and researched on personal development,people's communication and the relationship between mankind and nature.Under the great background that more importance was gradually attached to the value of human life,Confucius regarded the whole mankind as a research objective and made a reasonable decision as well as a value principle that 'Mankind is the greatest outcome of the universe'.According to that,he interpreted lots of views and propositions,which could be said to be pretty rich at that time,about human rights.Human value and human rights were two main discoveries of Confucian theory about mankind.