国家富强导向下的伦理思考——论严复伦理思想的逻辑结构

An Ethical Thinking Oriented to National Strength——On the Logical Structure of Yan Fu’s Ethical Thought

严复虽然没有专门的伦理学著作,却有着自成体系的伦理思想。通过分析严复伦理思想的内在逻辑会发现,社会哲学从秩序取向向实力取向的现代转型是其伦理思想的基石,而对国家实力发展路径的理解是从实力取向社会哲学到伦理道德体系的理论中介,由此以两项伦理原则与四项道德德性为主要内容的伦理道德体系得以确立。理清这一逻辑结构,有助于廓清围绕严复伦理思想的一些偏颇认识,进而使我们能够更好地从这一思想体系中汲取教益。

Yan Fu owns a systematical ethical thought,though he has no works titled by ethics.Through representing the inner logic of Yan’s ethical thought,we can find that,the modern transformation realized by him in the field of social philosophy lays the foundation for his ethical thinking,and his understanding of the road leading to the power and wealth of a nation plays the role of theoretical medium between his social philosophy and his ethical system,and in the end,his ethical system mainly consisting of two moral principles and four kinds of virtues has been completed.Grapping of the structure can make us better recognize and reject some misunderstandings of Yan’s thought and then obtain benefit from this thought to the maximum.