何者为大:事亲、信神,还是爱人?——郭巨埋儿与亚氏杀子的案例比较

Which Is the Greatest: Serving Parents,Believing in God or Loving Humans?——A Comparative Case Study of Confucianism and Christianity

郭巨埋儿与亚伯拉罕杀子两个案例比较表明:像儒家那样坚持“事亲为大”的亲本主义立场或是像基督宗教那样坚持“信神为大”的神本主义立场,都有可能构成某些恶事恶行的精神支柱和内在根据;只有坚持“尊重每个人的人格尊严和基本权利、关爱一切人的人性生活和正当利益”的批判人本主义原理,才有可能克服特殊主义的内在悖论,实现普世爱人的崇高理想。

Through a comparative case study of Guo Ju＇s burying his son and Abraham＇s sacrificing his son, it can be argued that the Confucian spirit of taking “serving parents” as the greatest or the Christian spirit of taking “believing in God” as the greatest may result in evil behavior and fall into some particularistic paradox. Only by insisting on the ultimate principle of “Critical Humanism”, i. e. , only by taking “to respect the fundamental rights and personal dignity of each human, and to care for the human life and proper interests of all humans” as the greatest, can the sublime ideal of “universal love for humans” be realized in real life.