慈善的三维考察——兼论慈善与社会保障之分

Inspection of Charity from Three Dimensions——Concurrently on the Distinction between Charity and Social Security System

慈善的性质归属、目的范围及其公益标准是界定慈善的核心要素。慈善的性质在本质和终极意义上为民间事业,与传统社会保障制度迥然不同;慈善目的范围远远超越传统社会保障的范围,涉及到物质和非物质救助、支持的诸多领域;慈善必须符合公益的核心特点,即受益对象的公众性和开放性。

The nature of charity, scope of purposes and standards of public interest are the core conception with respect to the definition of charity. The charity is non-governmental cause in nature and ultimate sense, as is very different from the traditional social security system; The purposes scope of charity have gone far beyond the traditional scope of social security and it contains many areas of material and non-material assistance and support; Charity must conform to the core features of the public interest. That is to say, the beneficiaries of charities should be public and open.