反思工具主义儿童价值论

Reflections on Instrumentalist Axiology of Children

儿童拥有内在价值与工具价值,前者是基础与前提,后者是派生与条件保障。当儿童的内在价值被剥夺、强行转化为满足成人和社会需要的工具,就导致形形色色的工具主义儿童价值论。血缘功利主义、宗法等级主义、阶级等级主义、市场功利主义是迄今为止这种价值论的主要表现形态。它通过形成根深蒂固的"儿童偏见",致使儿童被虐待和忽视。超越工具主义,根除偏见文化,让儿童人格尊严成为社会首要善,让每一个儿童获得解放,是儿童价值论的愿景。

Children have two kinds of values:intrinsic values and instrumental values.The former is the foundation and premise;the latter is the deviation and conditional guarantee.When children’s intrinsic values are deprived and forcefully changed into the instruments to meet the needs of adults and societies,all forms of instrumentalist axiology of children will be produced.Blood-based utilitarianism,patriarchal hierarchism,class-based hierarchism,and market-based utilitarianism are the main manifestations of this axiology.It forms deep-rooted"child-related prejudice",and results into children’s abuse and neglect.The visions of children’s axiology are to go beyond instrumentalism,root out prejudice culture,let children’s dignity become primary good of a society,and emancipate every child at last.