正义:核心价值观的牢固根基

• 作 者: 杨朝明
• 机 构: 中国孔子研究院,
• 出 处: 松州学刊
• 发表日期: 2014年06期
• 关键词: 核心价值观念 尧舜时代 道德范畴 社会角色 孔子家语 礼运 社会问题 人生价值 民族精神 人的社会性

近代以来,我国学人多以西文“iustice”一词为基础谈论“正义”问题,大量引进西方的“正义”理论,许多社会问题的论述也以此为依据而展开。殊不知,我国的“正义”学说更加源远流长、内涵丰富。更重要的是,它是我们核心价值观念的深厚土壤和牢固根基。早在尧舜时代,“义”就已经是人们谈到的重要命题。后来,“义”作为“五常”之一,又成为极其重要的道德范畴。在我国的早期论述中,“义”就有“正义”的意义,《中庸》说:“义者,宜也。”

In modern times, most scholars in our country talked about the issue of “justice ” based on the term “iustice ” and introduced a large number of theories of “justice ” in the West. Many expositions on social issues are also based on this. As everyone knows, China “justice ” doctrine goes back to ancient times, rich in connotation. More importantly, it is the deep soil and solid foundation of our core values. As early as in the Yao and Shun Dynasties, “righteousness” was already an important proposition that people talked about. Later, “meaning ” as “one of the five permanent members ”, has become extremely important moral category. In our early discourse, “justice ” has the meaning of “justice ”, and “Golden Mean” says: “righteousness, should also. ”