The universal sentiment of Daoist morality

Abstract

Daoism has often been misunderstood as moral nihilism or anti-moralism, but the true Daoism indeed adopts a positive attitude towards morality. At the foundation of its universal sentiment is an affirmation of morality. Daoism takes all things as the starting point of its values in moral philosophy, and ziran 自然 (sponstaneously so) as the foundation of its philosophy with the universal commitment. Daoism hopes to use “Dao to create the best environment for survival, and to fulfill individual responsibility for all things in the world. This is a universal and open attitude towards values. The attraction of Daoist universal sentiment is that it takes ziran as its path, and “objectless desire, “unprincipled knowing, “non-coercive action as ways and means to ensure the transfer of the universal value to all things, while ensuring that they realize their true values and make contributions to the whole society.

摘要

道家通常被称为道德虚无主义或反道德主义, 这是对道家的一种误解。 实际上, 对真正意义上的道德, 道家是持肯定态度的, 其普世情怀的基点正是在于对真正道德的肯定。 道家把万物作为其道德哲学的价值坐标原点, 把自然作为普世性哲学的基础, 寄希望于体察“道”来优化生存的环境, 履行个人对万物世界的责任, 这是一个普世而开放的价值向度。 道家道德普世情怀的魅力就在于以自然为轨道, 以无知、 无欲、 无为为轮子, 使普世价值真正得到传递, 使万物在实现自身价值的同时, 贡献于宇宙社会。