论爱有差等与爱无差等

Love With or Without Grades

在如何爱人这个问题上,儒家主张爱有差等,以对亲人的爱为出发点向外推向对他人的爱,最后推向对天地万物的爱。在向外推的过程中,爱的分量在逐步减少。先秦墨家和外来的印度文化提倡平等的博爱,反对这种有差等的爱。现代社会的变迁也摧毁了儒家所主张的有差等的爱。不论是先秦墨家、印度文化还是现代社会都存在摧毁家庭伦理的弊端。印度文化走得最远,它甚至是敌视人的生命的。这些恰恰是儒家文化所批判的。

Confucianism advocates graded love -first love their loved ones, then love others, and finally love all things. In the extended love, the weight of love gradually decreases. Qin Mohist and Indian culture Egalitarian advo- cate love without grades. Modem social c an culture and modem idea of love have hanges have weakened Confucian graded love. the drawbacks in family ethics. Generally, Qin Mohist, Indi-