伦理神学与现代道德信念的确证

Ethical Theology and the Corroboration of Modern Moral Faith

启蒙伦理学是在基督教信仰式微之后的世俗化过程中试图为现代人提供在现世中安身立命之基础的价值转型运动。康德伦理神学对于西方现代道德信念确证的意义在于:一是这种伦理神学信念的确证完成了宗教信仰的世俗化。二是它充分阐明了单纯理性信仰的不可能性。康德的伦理神学认为,只有对于"上帝存在"和"灵魂不朽"的确信,才能最终使"正义"和"道德"成为绝对的义务,从而实现信仰形式的这一现代转变。这一转变的真实意义在于,信仰的世俗化只有在超越的神圣化引导下才能通往自由的意义世界。

Enlightenment Ethics was a movement of value transformation in the process of secularization brought about by the decline of Christian belief, which tried to bring a foundation for the modern man to have a home in this world. As far as the corroboration of modern western moral faith was concerned, the significance of Kant＇s ethical theology lies in that, the demonstration for a faith in it completed the secularization of religious belief, and at the same time illuminated clearly the impossibility of moral belief within pure reason. Kant＇s ethical theology insisted that only the corroboration of the existence of God and the immortality of soul can eventually turn justice and morals to unconditional duties, thus achieving modern transformation of moral belief. The real meaning of this transformation is that only under the direction of transcendental sanctification can the secularization of belief reach to a free and meaningful world.