儒家式的民主主义

Confucian-style Democracy

有关“儒家民主”讨论不是一种乌托邦思想的发挥。通过借助于美国实用主义大师杜威的眼光及其关于人类社群的思想对中国“逝者和民主”考察,可发现中国更接近杜威的社群主义民主理想,在未来东西文化的交往过程中,很有可能是中国的影响使得美国与其他北大西洋民主国家益发接近杜威的民主观。我们希望来自将来对话的中西价值和信仰的结合将成为中国的儒学及西方的实用主义这两者的组成部分。

Discussions on ＂Confucian democracy＂ are not elaborations of Utopian thoughts. Thorough examinations show that China is closer to Dewey＇s democratic ideal of communitarianism. In the future cultural exchanges between the East and the West, it is likely that due to China＇s influence, the US and other Atlantic democratic countries will come nearer to Dewey＇s democracy. It is our hope that the combination of Eastern and Western values and beliefs as a result of future dialogue will become ingredients of Chinese Confucianism and Western pragmatism.