“亲亲相隐”的伦理教化意义

The Ethical Education Significance of“Relatives' Mutual Concealment”

儒家伦理在家庭领域和在公共社会乃至政治领域的原则既有相通之处也有不可完全通约性。家族或家庭伦理不同于政治伦理。伦理政治的基础是伦理,但政治本身有其伦理。对于彻底人文主义的儒家而言,即使伦理作为政治基础的时代一去不复返,但伦理作为教化的重要内容却不可完全否定;同时,不同情景中的具体伦理原则之间的适应、转化乃至冲突难免,故"亲亲相隐"的家庭伦理虽不一定能重新成为政治伦理的基础,但其教化上的意义仍然不可否认。

There are three pieces of material which have been the main source of the logical analysis and crisis to traditional Confucian ethics. However,this paper holds a different viewpoint. At the same time,the principles of Confucian ethics in family and in publics,even politics,not only have similarities but also obvious differences. Family ethic differs from political ethic. The basis of ethical politics is ethics. But politics itself has ethical principles. For complete humanist Confucianism,though the time that takes ethics as the basis of politics would never come back,the significance of ethical education could not be negated totally. Meanwhile,specific ethical principles in different contexts,adaptation,transformation,and even conflict are inevitable. Therefore,'relatives' mutual concealment'may not be the basis of political ethic again,but the educational significance couldn't be denied yet.