道德行为选择中的“道德想象力”——读杜威《人性与行为》

杜威反对道德行为选择中脱离经验的教条化与僵化做法，提出了“道德想象力”概念。“道德想象力”是使不在场成为在场、从“能是”感知“所是”的能力。道德行为选择过程离不开想象、慎思、抉择等道德想象力的发挥，其要旨是理解当下行动的意义并努力增加当下行动的意义，使道德行为成为充满活力与创造性的艺术。

"Moral Imagination" in the Choice of Moral Behavior:Reflections on Deway's Humanity and Behavior

Dewey opposed the dogmatic and rigid practice of deviating from experience in the choice of moral behavior,and put forward the concept of "moral imagination",which is the ability to make what is not present into being and to feel "what it is" from "what can be".Moral behavior cannot be separated from imagination,careful thinking,choice and other moral imagination,with the main purpose to understand the significance of immediate action and strive to increase the significance of immediate action,and to make moral behavior a dynamic and creative art.