中国当前公共领域里道德-法律关系的一个侧面

On an Aspect of the Changing Relation between Morality and Law in the Changing Public Sphere in China

中国社会变迁中,当公共领域里,利益矛盾直接而尖锐,主要须靠法律调节的情况下,道德-法律关系发生着重大变化。这个变化的表层是,道德论地位日益缩小,论作用逐渐减弱,从社会调控的前线退居二线;法律论地位日益扩大、上升,论作用日益强化,进入社会调控的第一线。这个变化的深层则是,道德是法律的精神或灵活,在立法、执法、司法、守法的全过程都是如此;而法律则是体现道德之精神、灵魂的载体。可以比方说,道德是统帅,法律是送统帅去其想去之处的车子;或可用中国哲学的范畴来表达:道德是体,法律是用。

China changing made total changing of relation between morality and law. Only in public sphere, if interest conflicts become directly and acutely and have to regulate and control by law, the change apparently is that morality fall and law rise but fact morality become substance and law become utilize.