中国传统社会执政伦理鉴析及其现代转换

Analysis of Chinese Traditional Social Ruling Ethics and Its Modern Transformation

中国传统社会在长期的历史发展过程中,逐步形成了以儒家思想为主导,带有鲜明民族特色的执政伦理体系。这种执政伦理体系包含对为政者道德品质的基本规定和执政实践的伦理理念。中国传统社会的执政伦理表现出极强的文化韧性和政治价值,但它的致命弱点在于它的出发点和归宿是背离现代社会要求的。因此,创造性地继承和发展传统执政伦理,必须要对其进行从“天然权力”到“契约权力”、从“忠君民本”到“忠民人本”、从“以修德为先”到“以限权为本”的现代伦理转换。

In the long-term historical development process of the traditional Chinese society,the ruling ethical system dominated by Confucianism with distinctive national features was gradually formed.This ruling ethical system contains the basic rules of propriety moral quality and ruling practice ethics idea.Chinese traditional society s ruling ethics showed strong cultural toughness and political value,but the Achilles heel is that the starting point and the ultimate aim was departure from the requirements of modern society.Therefore,inheriting and developing the traditional ruling ethics creatively,that is,transformation from traditional ruling ethics to the modern governing ethics.It must implement the idea transformation from“natural power”to“contract power”,from“the thoughts on loyal to monarch”to“people oriented”,from“moral cultivation first”to“limiting power first”.