自然权利与诸神之争——评施特劳斯对韦伯的批评

Natural Right and the War of Gods:Review on Leo Strauss' Criticism of Max Weber

在《自然权利与历史》中,施特劳斯对韦伯社会学思想深层中隐藏的终极价值冲突展开了剖析和批判。在施特劳斯看来,韦伯只是体验到了所谓终极价值冲突,并没有意识到冲突的性质。哲学只能依赖于信仰,小心翼翼地将作为根基的决断设置为"正当的",冲突的解决方式即古典政治哲学中探寻"自然权利"的方式,这是在政治体的信仰界限中有局限的理性的运用。施特劳斯批判韦伯的意图在于,扭转现代政治哲学对这一界限的僭越,寻回政治的根本价值,从而克服价值虚无主义。

In a chapter of Natural Right and History, Leo Strauss analyzed and criticized the clash of final values in Max Weber＇s sociology thought. Strauss thought that Weber just experienced the clash and did not understand its nature. Freely reason named philosophy is fundamentally a commitment based on belief. The way of finding ＂natural right＂ in classical political philosophy gave the solution for the clash, which made the fundamental commitment ＂right＂, and applied reasonably in the limit of polity＇s belief. The intention of Strauss is to redeem modern political philosophy back to this limit, to get hack the polity＇s fundamental values, and conquer the nihilism of value.