儒家伦理与理性精神

The Confucian ethics and rationality

儒家伦理的现代化不能回避而要尊重现代学理中的理性精神。儒家经典中,作为恻隐之心发展成熟的"仁"和作为是非之心发展成熟的"知(智)"是同一事物的不同方面。只因儒家伦理更关注道德实践或行为,导致其更重人格和情感,而非知识理性的进路。然只有涵养和理性,才能使主体真正到达天人之际的真际;主体之间,在内与外、主与客乃至事实与价值的关系都是相对的可以转换的情况下,儒家伦理的实践乃至研究方法都应注重理性精神。涵养和客观的理性研究都是保证实现研究的真切性与学术性不可或缺的方式。理性自识和理性原则对于学术研究仍具有重要价值。

While the modernization of Confucian ethics is closely related to rationality of modernity,the benevolence of the Confucian classics mirrors the cognition or wisdom in the mental development.Because the benevolence of the Confucianism is more inclined to moral behaviors,it is better known for personality than rationality of knowledge.Yet the rationality renders the truth and value between subject and object,and so Confucianism should develop more rationality in practical performances and researches.