法律信仰与信仰多元化的博弈——我国法治生成的另一种路径

Legal Faith Prevailing over a Multi-faith——The Alternative Path to China's Rule of Law

法治被作为一项政治正确的命题在中国普遍推行。但其实践的残酷现实却不得不令人深思:一方面,数千年的封建专制文化传统使得我国民众信仰法律的氛围严重匮乏,但这只是次要原因;另一方面,更主要地,信仰法律本身就是一个错误命题,法律至上的追求不等于法律信仰,法治仅仅是一种生活态势,是一套使基本社会秩序得到保证的规则体系。法律信仰仅仅是民众信仰体系中的一个重要组成部分,只有主张真正的信仰多元化,才能使民众得到真正的解放,使其自身价值得到最大程度地发挥。在实现法治的过程中,我们应当重视其他信仰的生成和维护。

As a politically correct proposition,the rule of law is generally adopted in China,but the harsh reality of its practice is thought-provoking： on the one hand,the atmosphere for our people＇s believe in law is deficient because of our thousands of years of arbitral cultural traditions,but this is just a minor reason;the other hand,more importantly,the legal faith itself is an error,abide by law doesn＇t inevitably produce the outcome of faith in law.The rule of law is just a living situation and a set of rules systems which is used to guarantee our basic social order.Legal faith is just an important part of the whole multi-faiths of our people,and only if we agree on faith pluralism,can we really assure the maximum of freedom for our people and a high degree realization of their own values.So during the process of rule of law,we are also supposed to pay due attention to the generation and maintenance of other faiths.