如果人们对一门学科还不了解其内容,就对它存在着先入为主的成见,那便是该学科之大不幸了。伦理学就是这样一门学科。要么人们对它知之甚少,要么人们往往把它作错误的联想,由伦理学而想到道学,由伦理学家而想到道学家,乃至漠然之、轻视之。有这样一种观点:“伦理学压抑人性、束缚自由,而且凡人难以接近,即使学了伦理,对人生也无用”。可以说,《东西方伦理学》一书的作者正是为了消除这种偏见,恢复伦理学的本来面目,以证明它并非枯燥无味,也并非对人可有可无,而是一门每个有教养的公民都应该了解的知识。从某种意义上来说,作者的这种努力获得了成功。 If one does not understand the content of a subject, there is preconceived prejudice against it, and that is one of the unfortunate aspects of the subject. Ethics is such a discipline. Either people have little understanding of it, or people often mistake it for association, think of Taoism from ethics, ethics think of Taoism, even indifference and neglect. There is such a view: “Ethics suppress human nature, freedom and freedom, and mortal inaccessible, even if learned ethical, life is useless.” It can be said that the author of “East-West Ethics” is precisely to eliminate this prejudice, to restore the true nature of ethics to prove that it is not boring, but also not essential to people, but one for each Knowledge of educated citizens should be understood. In a sense, the author’s efforts have been successful.