公德与私德辨正

梁启超开启了以公德与私德这对概念来讨论中国文化和中国问题的先河,此后该主题引起了学界普遍而持久的探讨。梁启超、梁漱溟和李泽厚这三个不同时代的思想家对公德私德有着不同的理解,尤其是关于公德的理解分歧颇大,梁启超的公德论侧重国家伦理,梁漱溟的公德论侧重团体生活,李泽厚的公德论强则调个体权利的优先性。当今学界尤其关注公德私德之划分的标准问题,在诸多划分标准中,引入公共领域与私人领域的概念区分作为划分公德与私德的标准最为根本,它有助于澄清公德与私德的本质和特征以及它的施及范围,有助于论定儒学是否缺乏公德和日常生活中的道德判断和评价,亦有助于现代社会公德观念的型塑。

Correcting of the Distinguish between Public Morality and Private Morality

Liang Qichao began to use the concept public morality and private morality to discuss the Chinese traditional culture and Chinese social problems.Since then,Liang Qichao,Liang Shumin and Li Zehou all discussed this theme.However,their notions about public morality are different,Liang Qichao's notion about public morality is more nationalism,Liang Shumin's concerns more group,and Li's is more individualism.In today's discussions,the scholars pay close attention to the criterion of distinguishing public moral...