儒家伦理性情论与理情说的三种源初型态

中国传统文化中“情”彰显丰厚意蕴,并常与人之“性”关联,同时不失“理”之调适。先秦时期儒家创始人孔子、孟子、荀子等思想家,注重于以性说情,或以情释性,主张性、情一体;同时又主张以理调情、节情、制情,或以礼挈情、导情,而“礼也者,理也”。孔子“仁”学兼性与情,以孝弟(悌)的自然亲情为始,推己及人而泛爱众;主张以知利仁、因情以礼,以礼挈情。孟子以恻隐、羞恶、恭敬、是非之心说仁义礼智四端性善,“心统性情”,四端之性亦为四端之情,并以之为人之“大体”;主张反求诸己求放心,理义调情,立“大体”之德以控制“小体”之情欲。荀子认为情不可免,从人的自然情感说性;主张以理节情,使情中理、中流,并主张化性起伪,称情而立文,以通“理”之礼养情、饰情、导情、兼情。先秦思想家孔子、孟子、荀子有关性、情、理的思想构成儒家伦理中性情论与理情说的源初型态,其后儒学家大多专注于性、情、理阐释及其关系探究,由此影响着中国传统哲学的学术脉路,通情达理成为中华民族文化和国民性格的独特印记。

Love Is As Ethical Love Does

In their article ＂Love Is As Ethical Love Does＂, CHEN Xi and SH1 Xuan discuss Toni Morrison＇s Love and assert that this novel is essentially an ethical tragedy of black women. From the perspective of ethical literary criticism, they analyze the dislocated ethical identity of the two main heroines and alignment of their ethical choices to illustrate that other than race and gender, Heed＇s and Christine＇s tragedies originate from their uncontrollable irrational willJ Moreover, this novel lays stress on love regarded from an ethical perspective, illuminating ＂we choose to love＂, that is, to love while bearing in mind the importance of ethical order and moral norms. Thus, this novel offers moral enlightenment for black women in the process of pursuing love, equality and of reconstructing their ethical identity.