资本文明的伦理评价

Ethical Appraisement of Capital Civilization

资本在社会文明的进程中具有重要地位和作用。人类社会文明的起步离不开资本的作用;资本极大地强化了人类改造自然的能力;为人的全面发展开辟了前景;并创造出一个高于以往一切社会阶段的全新的社会关系。然而,资本在社会文明进程中的作用的发挥是以巨大代价的付出为前提的。这种代价的付出,有其历史必然性。资本对社会文明的推进作用不仅体现在100多年前的马克思时代,而且依然体现在当今时代。资本文明的发展将为更高的社会文明奠定坚实的基础。

Capital plays an important role in social civilization. Social civilization could not have come into being without capital. Capital has tremendously strengthened man＇ s ability to transform nature. Capital has opened up brilliant prospects for man＇ s all - round development and established brand - new social relations which are superior to those in all the previous periods of social development. However, it is only at the cost of a gigantic price that capital has played its role in social civilization, which is inevitable in course of social development. Its important role in the advancement of social civilization was not only em- bodied in the epoch of Marxism 100 years ago, but also it is still manifested in the contemporary era. The development of capital civihzation will lay a solid foundation for a more advanced social civilization.