摘要
世界著名人类学家凯博文在著作《道德的重量》中强调,面对人生的无常和危机,人们只有切实履行道德责任、感知道德价值、践行道德承诺,才能生活得更好。在本次访谈中,凯博文结合中国传统道德情操结构,论述了中国道德问题的过去与现在,认为当今中国并未出现"道德危机",且美国出版物有过于批评中国、甚至抨击中国的现象;根据全球化时代特征,剖析了人类自身内部存在着"分裂的自我",提醒人们对中国或跨文化问题需要深入了解和认识;针对当今世界新自由主义政治经济学占主导地位,论述了中国传统观点"吃苦"的正确性,以及中国人抢购名牌"要面子"的消费观念;针对生活的无常和危机固有一面,评述了中国素来关注人类自身局限性,中国价值观将引领人类过上道德生活;认为中国正在推行的养老活动非常有效,提出了尽快实施延长退休年龄、给老年人更多人文关怀的期望。
Author of What Really Matters,Harvard Professor Arthur Kleinman aims at making readers understand:“If we can learn to face the uncertain and dangerous reality,we can live better.”During the interview,Professor Arthur Kleinman emphasized a number of interrelated points relevant to China’s current situation.First,the spread of materialism is a global phenomenon,and moral problems exist around the world.There is definitely moral change in China,though this does not necessarily mean that China is experiencing a moral crisis.Second,the concept of“networks”(guanxi,or guanxiwang)is important not solely in Chinese society,but in the United States of America as well.Third,people all over the world are searching for meaning in an age that is very different from the past,and the growth of the Chinese middle class has made these quests much more readily intellectualized and much more visible.Fourth,we humans are complex beings with divisions inside ourselves,so we must cultivate moral principles into local worlds and into individuals.Fifth,Chinese parents of earlier generations taught their children the importance of enduring hardship,while current generations tend to place more emphasis on enjoying life and gaining and maintaining face.Sixth,this world is a dangerous world,and the Chinese have always been very concerned with our limits as human beings existing within it.Seventh,the Chinese worldview,especially a particular Daoist worldview from the past,can guide humans to live a more fulfilling life.And eighth,China is working very effectively in advancing the yanglao(“care for the elderly”)movement,though the time has come to increase the retirement age and try to implement a better social security system and better insurance.At the end of the article,the authors also summarized Kleinman’s recent research and thought on Square Dancing,Caregiving,Patient-Physician Trust,etc.
作者
陶正
于海琴
赫明珠
Helen Haste
Justin M. Thomas;YU Hai-qin;HE Ming-zhu(The Catholic University of America,N.E. Washington,DC 20064,USA;The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,Mountain View 94041,USA;Harvard University,Cambridge 02138,USA)
出处
《广西民族大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》
CSSCI
北大核心
2018年第5期134-140,共7页
JOURNAL OF GUANGXI MINZU UNIVERSITY:PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDITION
关键词
道德的重量
凯博文(Arthur
Kleinman)
中国人的世界观
危机意识
What Really Matters:Living a Moral Life Amidst Uncertainty and Danger
Arthur Kleinman
current moral situation
the sense of crisis
yanglao(care for the elderly)
Patient-Physician Trust
