试论儒家道德信仰的根据

在儒家看来,道德信仰的根据有二,一是性本善,道德信仰是人的本质的确证,以此赋予信仰道德的内在根据;二是天人合一,道德信仰是人对天意的自觉体认,以此赋予信仰道德的外在权威性。立足于世俗的理想人格为人们将道德信仰付诸实践提供了现实可能性。儒家关于道德信仰根据的思想天才地猜测到了某种道德真理。

On foundation of Confucian moral belief

The meaning of foundation can be understood from the angles of inevitability and universality.There is a common stage which every country must go through in its development and this is inevitability; there is also the conmon limits which every nation must comply with and this is universality.Under these conditions,every individual has the opportunity to express his personality.According to logical and historical development,universality exists on the basis of inevitability.