试论道德的法律化及其限度  

On Codification of Ethics and Its Scope

作　　者：程明[1] 

机构地区：[1]中南财经政法大学人文学院,武汉430074

出　　处：《北京师范大学学报（社会科学版）》2007年第2期112-119,共8页Journal of Beijing Normal University(Social Sciences)

摘　　要：道德法律化的学理基础是道德和法律的内在共性及其道德功能的局限性。道德法律化无论是在我国当代立法还是西方国家立法中都有重要的表现。法律不是万能的,道德和法律调整的社会关系不尽相同,有些社会关系只能依靠道德来调节;法律是一种外在的规范,它一般只调节人们的行为;法律不能超越一定的历史阶段普通社会成员道德观念所能接受的程度;对法律的过分依赖可能造成道德的弱化。这些因素使道德法律化存在一定的限度。The theory of codification of ethics finds its doctrinal basis in the theory that ethics and law share the common core but ethics has some limits in its function. The codification of ethics plays a remarkable role in the legislation of both contemporary China and the western countries. Actually, law is not a master key since many social relations shall and can only be adjusted by ethics. Besides, law is an external system of principles which shall, in general, regulate people＇s conducts only. It can never go beyond the limit of general acceptance under certain historical circumstances. The over-dependence on law will result in the weakening of ethics. Hence the codification of ethics shall be carried out within a certain scope.

关 键 词：道德 法律 道德法律化 限度 

分 类 号：B82-051[哲学宗教—伦理学]