休谟的道德感理论刍议

大卫.休谟以人性为出发点,从个人与社会关系的独特伦理视角对道德感进行了新的阐释,他认为,道德的区别不是由理性得来的,而是由道德感得来的。道德感是一种特殊的苦乐感觉,又是以此为基础对某种行为或性格进行责备或赞许的一种情感反应。特别是休谟在对道德区别的重释中,提出的"是"与"应该"的理论,对道德感的本质与起源的论述中,关于道德感与利益、利己与利公、自私与同情的关系等方面独特的伦理见解和理论主张,这些不仅极大地丰富和完善了道德感理论,而且推动了其后的功利主义伦理学的发展,具有深远的历史意义。

A discussion of Hume's moral sentiment

With the starting point of human nature,David Hume interpreted moral sentiment from a unique ethical perspective of the relationship between the individual and the society.He believed that moral distinction did not come from rational but from moral sentiment.Moral sentiment is a special feeling of sorrow or happiness,and also an emotional response of praise or blame to a behavior or a character.Hume's theory of being and should in his interpretation of moral distinction,his unique insights on relationships ...