时间的伦理性蠡测

A Study on the Ethicality of Time

时间具有伦理性,主要表现在人们对客观事物运动变化节奏的把握,对自然秩序、社会秩序的建构,承载人类社会价值等方面。所谓时间伦理,就是主体在行为选择过程中基于对时间性的观照所建构出的价值。其核心理念就是“当下”的权衡取舍不仅是在包括“过去—现在—未来”的整个时间链条中思考,而且作为价值的承载者,“过去”与“未来”为主体的行为选择提供了价值上的“应当”。时间与人类社会伦理道德具有同生共长的关系,然而近代以来时间的绝对化、工具化,使人们忽略了时间与伦理的本原性。在反思启蒙价值观的过程中必须重新思考时间的伦理性问题,与此同时,在中华民族伟大复兴的进程中也必须重新思考中国传统农耕社会的时间伦理问题。

Time has the quality of ethics,which is mainly manifested in people's grasp of the rhythm of the movement and change of objective things,construction of natural and social order,and the carrying of human social values.The so-called time ethics refer to the values constructed by the subject based on the consideration of timeliness in the process of behavior selection.The core concept is that the trade-off of the“present”is not only reflected in the entire time chain including“past-present-future”,but also as a carrier of value,“past”and“future”provide a value“necessity”for the subject's behavioral choices.There is a symbiotic relationship between time and human social ethics and morality.However,due to the fact that time was regarded as absolute and as an instrument in modern times,people have overlooked the originality of time and ethics.In the process of reflecting on the values of enlightenment,it is necessary to rethink the ethical issues of time.At the same time,in the process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,it is also necessary to rethink the ethical issues of time in traditional Chinese agricultural society.