生命的多维棱镜:奥古斯丁情感冲动伦理观新探

The Multidimensional Lens of the Life:A New Exploration of Augustine’s Ethics of Emotional Impulses

情感冲动作为伦理哲学研究的重要问题在欧洲具有深远的历史传统。不同于古希腊尚智主义情感道德观,奥古斯丁将摆脱冲动干扰的圣哲之境视为一种道德缺陷。深入研究奥古斯丁对古代冲动哲学的诠释,我们发现,他把希腊古典流派所谓的心灵运动偷换为了“情感”。然而,这并非意味着其无视传统冲动心理学与伦理观的立场,恰恰相反,这是其从生命的多维棱镜出发进行了价值批判与道德观念更新。奥古斯丁晚年所展示的多维生命价值域对我们反思情感心灵冲动的本质及其现实道德伦理问题提供了宝贵的理论镜鉴。

As one of the core themes in ethical philosophy,emotional impulses occupied much weight in the intellectual history of Europe.As distinct from rational tradition of Greek interpretation of emotions,Augustine refers to the philosophical method of setting free from impulses in sages as a moral defect.In exploring Augustine’s analysis of ancient philosophy of impulses,we find that he regarded the manner of the movement of the soul as a sort of emotion.This study argues that a multidimensional lens has been developed in Augustine’s late thought of life which he criticizes the traditional ethical values of impulses and defends a new notion of morality.Augustine’s insights on the multi-dimension of the transcendental life offers a new reflection on the features of emotional impulses thus deepening our knowledge of the human morality and the social ethics.