从“应用”一词的语义看应用伦理学——兼论应用伦理学与理论伦理学的关系

Understanding Applied Ethics from Meanings of "Applied" ——Discussing Relationship between Applied Ethics and Theoretical Ethics

"应用"一词有两层含义:一是使用;二是直接用于生活或生产的。应用伦理学既具有独特的学科性质,又与理论伦理学具有不可分割的联系。应用伦理学以理论伦理学为基础,但又不是理论在实践中的简单应用,而是对理论伦理学的创造性应用。

The word about 'applied' includes two meanings. The first one is to be used, secondly, to be used directly everyday lives or production. Applied ethics,which owns distinctive characters,has intimated relationship with theoretical one .On the one hand, applied ethics is based on theoretical ethics. On the other hand, it is not simply used in practice,but creatively.