多元现代性与儒家自由主义

Pluralistic Modernity and Confucian Liberalism

中国的现代性问题表现为君权和霸权的双重压迫。在反抗君权和霸权的进程中,近现代儒家在中西文化互鉴中发展出了儒家自由学说。不过与西方自由主义的三个原则即个人价值、个人自决和抽象平等不同,儒家自由论的基本内涵可以归结为三个方面:一是儒家的个人是关系性的而非原子化的,其个人价值是以相互责任来规定的;二是儒家的行为是以维护社会秩序为前提的,其个人自决是以机会和能力来规定的;三是儒家尊重资质,其关系平等是由对称性规定的。

equality,the basic connotation of Confucian freedom can be summed up in three aspects:first,Confucian individual is relational rather than atomized,its individual value is defined by mutual responsibility;second,Confucian behavior is premised on maintaining social order,its individual self-determination is defined by opportunity and capability;third,Confucian equality respect for qualifications,its relation equality is defined by symmetry.