从“公私领域相分离”谈我国当前的道德教育

On the Current Moral Education in China from the Perspective of Separation of Public Areas from Private Areas

在我国当前的学校道德教育当中,既不可以把道德教育局限在公德领域,也不可对学生私人生活所应该具有的德性完全不予关注。在公共领域与私人生活领域相区分的情况下,我国当前公共领域的道德规则应明确要求公民自觉遵守,而个人美德只能够提倡,即"公德要求,私德提倡"。在学校教育中,同样应该如此。

Concerning the current moral education in the schools of China, we can neither limit the moral education to the area of social morality nor ignore the virtues students should possess in their personal lives. Under the circumstances of separating public areas and private areas, the moral principles in the current public areas should be strictly observe by citizens, while individual virtues can only be advocated. In other words, social morality should be required, while individual virtues should be advocated. It holds true of the school education.