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当代进化论伦理学的研究表明,灵长类动物学和进化生物学中的一些发现为孟子的性善论和对同情心的强调提供了经验上的支持。这种来自经验科学的支持在当代规范伦理学强调经验可靠性的背景之下显得尤为重要。孟子道德理论在经验上的可靠性不仅展现了这种理论在人性解释上的力量,也为孟子所提出的规范伦理学模型较之于其他模型的优越性提供了一种辩护。
Studies of contemporary evolutionary ethics suggest that some of the findings in primate and evolutionary biology provide empirical support for Mencius’s theory of goodness and emphasis on compassion. This support from empirical science is particularly important in the context of contemporary normative ethics that emphasizes empirical reliability. The empirical reliability of the moral theory of Mencius not only demonstrates the power of this theory in explaining human nature, but also provides a justification for the superiority of the normative ethics model proposed by Mencius over other models.