“生存”与“良知”的内在关联

The Intrinsic Connection between “Survival” and “Conscience”

人的本质的实现,即真正自由的人的实现,不仅需要在物质上保证人的生存,更要在道德上实现自我的超越。人的存在,一方面是外在的自我生存的展现,另一方面又表征为内在的良知发展历程。自我生存与良知发展并不是对立的两个方面,自我生存应该以良知的保持为前提,坚守良知是更好生存的必然要求。准确把握“生存”与“良知”的这一内在关联,有助于正确处理“生存”与“良知”之间的矛盾关系,即在保障“生存”的同时,兼顾“良知”的培育,从而达到“知行合一”。

The realization of the essence of man that is the realization of a truly free person, requires not only the material guarantee of human survival, but also the moral realization of self-transcendence. As far as human existence, on the one hand is the manifestation of external self-existence, and on the other hand, it is characterized by the development of internal conscience. The self-survival and the development of conscience are not two opposing aspects. Self-survival should be premised on the maintenance of conscience, and adherence to conscience is an inevitable requirement for better survival. Accurately grasping this intrinsic relationship between “survival” and “conscience” is conducive to correctly handling the contradictory relationship between “survival” and “conscience”, that is to say, while ensuring “survival”, taking into account the cultivation of “conscience”, so as to achieve “the unity of knowledge and action”.