从自爱到爱他——论亚里士多德的德性友爱思想

From Egoism to Altruism—On the Virtue-Friendship Thought of Aristotle

个体的自爱与爱他之间始终存在着紧张关系,如何处理好这对关系对于个人和社会而言都是一个极为重要的课题。而《尼各马可伦理学》一书中,亚里士多德提出了其德性友爱思想,主张从自爱衍推出人的爱他行为,强调自爱与爱他之间存在深刻的内在和谐性,这从逻辑上有效地化解了两者之间的矛盾,因而有着重大的时代价值。

For individuals, there is always a contradiction between Egoism and Altruism. Therefore, how to solve this contradiction is extremely important for either the individual or the society. Well, in the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle proposed a solution. His virtue-friendship thought advocated that Al-truism can be inferred from Egoism, so there is a deep internal harmony between Egoism and Al-truism. This logic effectively resolves the contradiction between Egoism and Altruism, and thus has great value in current era.