儒家德性伦理对社会和谐与生命发展的价值

Significance of Ruist Virtue Ethics for the Harmony of Society and the Development of Personal Life

在孔孟对"德性"的内涵进行了系统的认识与发展之后,儒家建立了一种以人性"善"为基础,以具有丰富"仁"德性内涵为核心,通过道德主体(人)的道德践履过程,将作为内在于心的道德精神形态的"德性"品格外化为现实德行的德性伦理体系。同时,在"天理良心"主体性价值尺度的规范下,"修齐治平"最终成为人们德性修为的终极目标。当前,研究儒家德性伦理普及教化的合理内核,特别是其形式要素方面的有效经验,是探索适应当代社会伦理关系和道德运行机制的必然话题,也可为和谐社会建设与个体生命发展提供理论依据和正确的路向。

The whole system of Ruist virtue ethics rests on the conviction that human nature is essentially good.It revolves around the virtue of humanity whose potential meaning is inexhaustible.According to this ethical system,the virtue of moral mind is an internal spiritual quality to be actualized in the real world through the practice of moral subject.All of this was originated from the theory of ＂virtue＂ developed by Kongzi and Mengzi.On the other hand,constrained by the subjective moral order of ＂tianliliangxin＂（heavenly principle and moral conscience）,the Ruists take ＂xiuqizhiping＂（cultivating one＇s life,regulating one＇s family,ruling the state humanely in order to bring peace to the world） as their ultimate goal of moral cultivation.To provide a theoretical support and a correct guidance for the establishment of harmonious society as well as for the development of personal life,we need to investigate the rational core of the Ruist ethical ideal of guiding the common people with virtue,especially the useful experience in the application of the formal elements.This is also a necessary subject for us to study if we want to improve today＇s ethical relations and moral practice.