荀子论欲望与道德失败问题

Xuncious' Comments on Desire and Moral Bankrupt

在儒家伦理中,"欲"作为人天生而有的一种现象,本身并无善恶对错之分。道德失败的发生虽与欲望密切相关,但两者并没有必然的逻辑关联。《荀子》一书作为先秦儒家对欲之观察最为系统的学说,对欲望与道德失败的问题亦做出了深入且较为全面的观察。通过对荀子在此一问题上的论述,可以看到,欲望本身并不必然致使道德失败,而欲望能否受"心"的节制才是问题关键。

According to Confucianism, desire is the nature of human and there is no difference between good and evil. Although moral bankrupt closely connects with desire, there is no granted logical interconnection. Xuncious, as the most systematic study on desire among works of Pre-Qin Confucianism, makes an intensive and comprehensive research on desire and moral bankrupt. According to Xuncious＂ comments on this issue, desire definitely cannot leads to moral bankrupt. The key is that whether desire obeys to limitation from the deepest heart.