道德与法律:中国的过去和现在

Morality and Law:China's Past and Present

本文聚焦于道德与法律在中国的过去和现在的结合,不仅在法理层面,也在实践层面,并检视其正面和负面。本文用意不仅在于论证两者的结合在过去实际存在并在当今也必然存在,也在于说明如此的结合不必是模糊的,而可以是精确和清晰的,并且是依据可说明的理性原则的。本文的目的是要探寻一条既是中国的也是现代的,既符合中国文明基本倾向也符合中国现代实用需要的立法进路。

This article focuses on the combining of morality and law in China's past and present,and in theory and in practice,to analyze both the positive and negative dimensions of its influence.The point is to make clear not only that such a combination is both historically true and currently necessary,but also that it need not be fuzzy,but rather can be made precise and clear,with definable,rational principles.The intent here is to search for an approach to law that would be both Chinese and modern,consistent both with the fundamental predilections of Chinese civilization and with the practical needs of a'modern'China.