摘要：

孙向晨教授在《论家：个体与亲亲》一书中提出现代中国乃至理想社会需要保有个体与亲亲这双重本体，此种对亲亲在中国文化中本体论地位的论断有以偏概全之嫌。哪怕是在儒家哲学内部，也有对家的不同理解，哲学家应该做的是从规范角度构建家哲学。在这一点上，张祥龙和张再林教授试图给出更加充分的家的形上学。但这种努力无法在现代社会多元的事实面前拥有普遍意义，我们可以尝试构建一种“薄版本”的政治哲学。在这个视角下，孙向晨对个体观念的独特性及其西方来源的论述有太强的形上学意味，而一种对现代性的解读可以帮助我们认清个体观念的普遍根源，并探求个体真正的正面意义。

关键词:

亲亲, 尊尊, 形上学, 政治哲学, 现代性, 多元主义

Abstract:

Professor Sun Xiangchen, in his book On Family: The Individual and the Family, argues that modern China and ideal society require the preservation of both the individual and the family (including familial care) as dual ontologies. However, even within Confucian philosophy, there are different understandings of the role of family. The task of philosophers is to construct their philosophy from a normative perspective. Both Zhang Xianglong and Zhang Zailin try to offer a more comprehensive metaphysical foundation of a family-based philosophy, but such attempts cannot address the challenges of pluralism in modern societies. We need to construct a “thin version” of political philosophy. From this perspective, Sun’s interpretation of the concept of the individual and of its origin in the West is too metaphysical. In contrast, an interpretation of modernity may help us recognize the universal roots of individual beliefs and explore the real significance of individuals.

Key words:

familial care, respect for those who deserve respect, metaphysics, political philosophy, modernity, pluralism