探析休谟《人性论》的自爱论倾向

Study of the Amour-propre in Hume's "A Treatise of Human Nature"

同情是休谟正义思想乃至整个道德理论的中心概念,"是人性中一个强有力的原则"。对公益的同情使人们得以区分正义与非正义,并引起人们对正义的赞许和对非正义的谴责,籍此来维护正义规则。由于正义的作用在于稳定财物占有以维持社会秩序,其中对人的利益的关切与建立正义的原始动机保持了一致,即自爱既是起点,又是终点,体现了休谟正义思想中的自爱论倾向。

Sympathy is Hume＇s philosophy of righteousness, and even the core concept of morality ＂is an powerful principle＂. The sympathy to commonweal makes people distinguish righteousness from non-righteousness,maintain the righteous principle b praising or condemning. The function of righteousness lies in maintaining processions contributing to social stability ,which embodies the accordance of procession concerning and righteousness keeping. The amour-propre is both the start point and destination. This reflects Hume＇s preference of amour-propre in his philosophy.