森有礼的“伦理”教育改革初探——以《伦理书》编纂团队为中心

An Examination of Mori Arinori's Reform in Moral Education——Focusing on the Editors of“Rinrisho”

作为日本首任文部大臣和明治时期极具影响力的政治家,森有礼(1847-1889)主持创建了日本近代学校教育体制。在任文部大臣期间,他全面推进国民道德教育改革,组织各路学者编纂面向师范学校和中学"伦理"科目的教科书《伦理书》。本文从森有礼的人事任命切入,通过考察其召集的教科书编纂团队成员在《国民之教育》杂志上发表的言论,从全新的视角揭示其德育改革的构想来源于对明治维新以来国民"道德标准"缺失的危机意识以及对古希腊哲学思想的借鉴。

As the first Minister of Education ever and one of the most influential statesmen in the Meiji period,Mori Arinori is widely considered as the founder of Japan's modern educational system.During his tenure,he carried out a comprehensive reform of moral education in several ways,including launching a project of creating a new textbook of ethics titled'Rinrisho'which involved various scholars.This paper focuses on Mori's personnel assignment for this project,especially the editors'commitment to a propaganda magazine titled 'Kokumin no Kyoiku'.Through the examination,the following conclusions can be drawn:the aim of Mori Arinori's reform is to solve the crisis caused by the absence of a national morality via referring to the philosophical thoughts and the situation in ancient Greek.