梁武帝之死:亲情伦理与道德成本的较量

The Death of the Emperor of Liangwu:the Rivalry of Family Ethics and Moral Cost

南朝梁代开国皇帝梁武帝萧衍晚年被侯景围困,于太清三年饿死在台城,其后梁国覆灭。如果从伦理角度看,注重孝文化教育的兰陵萧氏家族成员,在萧衍被困台城的一百余天里,诸王拥兵自重,揭示的是亲情伦理与道德成本的较量,况且有皇权利益以欲勾牵,亲情伦理不堪一击。社会鼓励民众为善行孝,需考虑个人所承担的道德成本。普及伦理道德规范,应将道德成本纳入社会综合考量,以此减少对为善行孝的冷漠,使之真正落到实处。

As the first emperor of the Liang Dynasty,Xiao Yan was captured and starved to death in the palace by Hou Jing in the third year of Taiqing and the Liang state was ruined soon after that.Xiao Yan was trapped in the palace for more than 100 days.Although his sons grew up in the family which attached great importance to filial piety education,they simply adopted a wait-and-see attitude with folded arms with regard to the rescue of their father.From the point of view of ethics,it revealed the rivalry of family ethics and moral cost.When the imperial power met with family ethics,the latter was so vulnerable that it was easily defeated.Hence if people are encouraged to do good things,personal moral cost should be taken into considerations.To spread the norms of ethical morals,moral cost is to be taken into account so as to reduce the collective indifference and promotes doing good in real life.