道德代宗教:一个有意义话题的重提--论梁漱溟儒学具有宗教作用之学说的理论意义

梁漱溟早在半个多世纪之前就提出,由于中国人的家庭伦理生活能够给人以情志方面的安慰勖勉,因而具有宗教的作用.这种作用在西方社会是由宗教承担的,而在中国是由道德承担的.这就是著名的道德代宗教说.本文认为,道德代宗教的话题今天并没有过时.它对于解决当今道德理论中特别是西方伦理思想中的一些重大难题,对于正确认识儒学的社会作用,仍然具有重要的理论意义.

Substituting Morality for Religion: Bring up a Meaningful Issue Again--The Theoretical Sense of Liang Shuming's "Substituting Morality for Religion" Theory

Half a century ago, Mr Liang Shuming raised a theory that the moral Chinese family life, which provides Chinese people with emothional comfort and encouragement, has a religious effect in Chinese society, meanwhile the kind of function is carried by the religions in Western society. In this article, the author holds the opinion that this theory is not out-of-date yet. Moreover, in the author's view, it still plays an important role not only in the identification of the Confucianism's influence, but also in some current moral theory issues, especially some difficult problems in Western ethics.