道德功能问题研究述评

Review of Researches on the Functions of Morality

国内学者在道德功能问题的研究中,揭示了道德的主要社会功能,分析了道德功能的特殊性,比较了中西伦理文化中对于道德功能问题认识上的差异,探讨了道德功能的实现问题,提出了许多独到的见解。但与此同时,研究中也仍然存在着一些尚需完善之处,如道德功能的界定不够科学,对道德各项功能缺乏层次划分,对道德功能实现问题的探讨需要加强等。为了将道德功能的研究推向深入,当前一个关键的问题就是必须对其功能进行科学的界定,并区分出基本功能与派生功能。

Domestic scholars＇ original ideas on the functions of morality include the main social functions of morality, the particularity and achievement of the functions of morality as well as the Sino - Western different understandings on the functions of morality. However, further studies are needed on scientifically defining and classifying morality functions, and intensifying researches on achievement of the functions of morality. The key to the present researches on morality functions lies in scientifically defining morality functions and distinguishing basic functions from derived functions.