《论语》之“政治伦理”与“伦理政治”

Political Ethics and Ethical Politics of the Analects of Confucius

孔子之"德"在其"政"面前,是方法而不是基础,"德"以"政"为取向和目标,"为政以德"不是政治伦理而是伦理政治。因此,对于《论语》中的政治与道德,我们不能从道德的视角去观察政治,而要从政治的视角去观察道德才符合孔子的思想逻辑。具体到孔子思想的核心概念"仁",我们可以说"仁"的思想是孔子的伦理思想基础,而不能由此推论说"仁"的思想是孔子的政治伦理思想基础。

Studies on ethics and politics in the Analects of Confucius indicates Confucius’ ideology of studying ethics from the perspective of politics instead of studying politics from the view of ethics. As far as the key of Confucius’ ideology is concerned, we believe benevolence is the ideological basis of Confucius’ ethics instead of political ethics.