Making Confucianism more moralized has always been one of the main efforts of contemporary Neo- Confucianism.Some Neo- Confucian scholars consider the Confucian ethics,such as the idea of the five relationships (wu- l...Making Confucianism more moralized has always been one of the main efforts of contemporary Neo- Confucianism.Some Neo- Confucian scholars consider the Confucian ethics,such as the idea of the five relationships (wu- lun) and the hierarchic love (cha- deng- zhi- ai) ,as main moral pillars to a modern marketsociety.Butaccording to the author,the modern market system has its own ethics such as equality and spirit of contract,which is different from,even contrary to Confucian ethics.So the Confucian ethics and its ideas have no substantive function to the market construction in China today.On the other hand,the market ethics is notsufficientand perfectin theunifying world.Even if we acknowledge that something is needed to transcend the market ethics,Confucian ethics is still less appropriate alternative than the universal ethics that is compatible with the market one in the sense of humanity.Thus we have to find a new way by which the ancient Confucianism would be revived.To make Confucianism ethicalized is perhaps the third way beside the moralized one or politicized one.展开更多
文摘Making Confucianism more moralized has always been one of the main efforts of contemporary Neo- Confucianism.Some Neo- Confucian scholars consider the Confucian ethics,such as the idea of the five relationships (wu- lun) and the hierarchic love (cha- deng- zhi- ai) ,as main moral pillars to a modern marketsociety.Butaccording to the author,the modern market system has its own ethics such as equality and spirit of contract,which is different from,even contrary to Confucian ethics.So the Confucian ethics and its ideas have no substantive function to the market construction in China today.On the other hand,the market ethics is notsufficientand perfectin theunifying world.Even if we acknowledge that something is needed to transcend the market ethics,Confucian ethics is still less appropriate alternative than the universal ethics that is compatible with the market one in the sense of humanity.Thus we have to find a new way by which the ancient Confucianism would be revived.To make Confucianism ethicalized is perhaps the third way beside the moralized one or politicized one.
