儒家实意伦理学

Confucian Ethics on Concretizing Intentions

儒家实意伦理学认为,人在世间并与世界共同创生,人与人的关系开始于人与世界相交接的缘发端点。在传统儒家哲学中,这种心意与世界相交接的端点是通过"诚意"来体现的。儒家实意伦理学认为,人的意念一旦发动就与事物发生关联,并且与事物相融为一体。实意伦理学包括这样几个方面的内容:儒家认为身体是实在的,"实意"是扩展人在世界上的实存;实意是儒家伦理学中推己及人的出发点和落脚点;儒家传统的"诚意"可以解释为将意念的实化;人与世界相互塑造,一方面意念不断实化,另一方面情境又不断影响意念。总之,儒家实意伦理学是为了从意识的缘发端点出发说明人在变化的世界中的生存与运作状态。

This article argues that it is possible to reconstruct Confucian ethics from the perspective of concretizing one＇s intentions.The idea that the human being and the world co-create each other starts from the engagement of one＇s intentions and its context.Traditionally,the Confucian concept of chengyi means to make one＇s intentions sincere,but it could be reinterpreted as ＂making one＇s intention concrete.＂ From this perspective,human＇s intentions are always interrelated with the circumstance.This Confucian ethical point of view can be argued from following aspects：The Confucian notion of body is concrete,thus ＂cultivating one＇s self＂ means to expand one＇s bodily existence through concretizing one＇s intention.In this way,humans and the world are co-creative and they are interacting and shaping each other：our intentions are concretized,while at the same time,the situation also shapes our intentions.Therefore,Confucian ethics on concretizing intentions is to explain human existence and functions in how our intentions interact and co-create with our surroundings.