何谓伦理地思考

What Is Thinking Ethically

讨论“何谓伦理地思考”可以从“伦”与“理”的字义考察入手。中国文化之“伦”本质上是沟通人的精神世界与生活世界的伦理实体。“理”主要有名词与动词两类含义。前者为物之纹理,引申义为万事万物的内在规律;后者为治玉,引申义为依照事物规律的治理。“理”的两类含义彼此关联:正因万事万物有其自身规律,故人们才需要按其规律恰当待之。综合“伦”与“理”的字义可得,伦理就是指“伦”之“理”,即伦理实体的内在规律,或者说,人之为“人”的人道。综上,“伦理地思考”是指:在居“伦”由“理”、安“伦”尽“分”的伦理意识及伦理情怀的基础上,从实体性的“伦”出发,自觉按照“理”的规律去思维及行动。

The discussion of "what is thinking ethically" can start from the investigation of meanings of lun(伦,ethical entity) and li(理,principle).In essence,lun in Chinese culture is the ethical entity that communicates the human spiritual world and material world.Li in Chinese culture mainly has two meanings of nouns and verbs.The former,which by extension means the internal law of everything,refers to the grain of things.The latter,which by extension means governing according to the internal law of things,refers to making jade.The two meanings of li are related to each other:just because everything has its own laws,people need to treat it properly according to its laws.By synthesizing meanings of lun and li,we can find that,the essence of "ethics" is li of lun.To be more specific,"ethics" is humanity or internal laws of the ethical entity.In conclusion,"thinking ethically",under the premise of ethical consciousness that settling in the ethical entity and fulfilling the moral responsibility,means to think and act consciously according to the law of li from the basis of substantive lun.