义内义外与道德内在主义——孟子与告子仁义内外争辩的伦理学意蕴

Righteousness Internalism or Externalism and Moral Internalism——The Ethical Implication of Mengzi and Gaozi's debate on Benevolence and Righteousness

《孟子·告子上》有两段文字是孟子与告子关于仁义内在外在的争辩,本文着力于分析这两段文字,表明这一争辩是孟告人性之争的进一步延伸,突出孟子与告子在人性问题上的根本差异,同时考察这两个人各自提出义内义外观点的深层原因,并进而阐述道德内在主义的含义,由此挖掘孟告有关仁义内外之辩的伦理学意蕴。

In Part I of'Gaozi',Mengzi,there are two paragraphs about the debate of benevolence(Ren,仁),Righteousness(Yi,义)internalism or externalism.This paper puts forth effort to analyze the two paragraphs,and to show that this debate is the dispute of human nature between Mengzi and Gaozi.The author sticks out fundamental difference of human nature between them.At the same time,the author also investigates the underlying reasons of their viewpoints,and then expounds the meaning of moral internalism,thus excavates the ethical implication of Mengzi and Gaozi's debate on benevolence and righteousness.