中西交往伦理价值取向之比较

A Comparison of Ethical Values in Communication between China and the Western Society

中国传统社会是以家族、人伦为本位的社会,主体间的交往关系以血缘与情感为基础,展现出了以心换心的情理交往方式,并希望通过礼仪的规范作用来自觉塑造人的德性品格。现代西方社会是以个体为本位的社会,交往以肯定主体存在的独立性价值为前提,形成了对话、商谈的理性交往方式,并注重法律对人的行为的强制性作用。中西交往伦理因之呈现出不同的价值取向。

Traditional Chinese society focuses on the family and ethnics, in which the inter-relationship in human communication is based on consanguinity and emotions, showing the emotional way of communication, and hoping to consciously form one＇s moral characteristics through the normative effect of etiquette. However, the modern western society lays more emphasis on individuals, the communication in which is based on recognizing the independent values of individual existence, thus developing the rational way of communication like making conversations and discussions, emphasizing the compulsive functions of law against human behaviors. Therefore, the ethical values in communications of China and western society are different.