如何理解儒家的「道德內在說」：以泰勒為對比

Tayloring the Confucian Cloth: A Reconstruction of Moral “Innerism” in the Light of Charles Taylor’s Moral Theory

本文根據徐復觀、牟宗三、余英時三位先生的部份著作，探討（新）儒家有關道德內在論的說法。文中的討論，集中在道德價值的地位、以及道德實踐與價值的關係兩個問題上。本文參考泰勒關於道德實在論以及道德實踐的一些觀點，釐清道德內在說的這兩個面向，並期盼儒家可以借鏡，進一步發展自己的相對想法。不過，泰勒思想裏包含的表達論以及多元論，可能會阻礙新儒家的採納。

This paper intends to assess the (Neo-)Confucian doctrine of Moral Innerism as it was presented in the writings of Xu Fu-guan, Mou Zong-san and Yu Ying-shih. The discussion is confined to the status of moral values and how moral practices always presuppose those values. The ideas of Charles Taylor on moral realism and moral practice are invoked to clarify some of the issues involved. I suggest that Confucian philosophers could well benefit from Taylor’s insights when developing their parallel thesis. However, the pluralism of values and the expressivist conception of identity implicit in Taylor’s account might hamper their embrace of his arguments.