华东师范大学(哲学社会科学版) ›› 2016, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (2): 46-51.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.1016.02.005

• 道德教育的哲学反思 • 上一篇    下一篇

孟子的道德行动与人格生成

陈志伟   

  1. 西安电子科技大学人文学院,陕西省西安市,710126
  • 出版日期:2016-03-15 发布日期:2016-03-29
  • 通讯作者: 陈志伟
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Mencius’ moral action and the growth of Personality

CHEN Zhi-Wei   

  • Online:2016-03-15 Published:2016-03-29
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摘要: 道德行动的动力和人格生成的过程都是道德哲学所关注的重要问题,孟子将恻隐之心这种无中介的直接情感因素作为道德行动的内在动力,同时也是人格生成的发端;经由知言养气的工夫论,孟子阐发了人格生成的过程:知言是辨别善恶和对错,从而形成确定的信念,而以“集义”为中介的养气则为人格的生成提供内在支撑,并以孔子的圣人气象显示了道德工夫论的终级目标——人格的圆成。要想实现这一目标,则必须从不忍人之心这种内在情感出发,通过“由仁义行”的天性之自发性,最终将内在德性充分展现于外在形体之中,使作为躯体之自然的形色完全内化为人的天性,并将一切道德行动的源泉归之于这种天性,实现道德行动的自然化,即由“践形”达至圣人人格的圆成。

Abstract: The motive power of moral action and the growth of Personality are both the important questions in moral philosophy. Mencius considers the sense of compassion (恻隐之心) that is the unmediated, immediateemotional factors as the innate motive power of moral action, and as the initiation of the growth of Personality; Through the theory of practice of Zhiyan and Yangqi (知言养气), Mencius elaborates the progress of the growth of Personality: Zhiyan(知言) is distinguishing good and evil, right and wrong, thus forming the certain belief; Moreover, Yangqi(养气) with the full of morality(集义) as medium affords innate support for the growth of Personality, and through Confucius’ appearance of the saint, Mencius demonstrates the ultimate goal of the theory of moral practice —fulfilling Personality. However, to realize this goal, we must start from the innate emotion Mind of Cannot bear(不忍人之心), and get through the spontaneity of natural instincts of action from RenYi(由仁义行), and fully show innate virtues at external bodies and forms, and make the forms and looks(形色) that are nature of the bodies completelyinternalize the human’s natural instincts, and ascribe all the source of moral action to it, thus accomplish the moral action’s naturalization. That is, by means of “Form Perfect Representation”(践形), the human reaches the saint Personality’s perfection &achievement.