出刊年月/Date of Publishing

1983.12

所屬卷期/Vol. & No.   第13卷第4期 Vol. 13, No. 4

類型/Type                 研究論文 Research Article

篇名/Title
羅益世的道德哲學
The Moral Philosophy of Josiah Royce

作者/Author
郭博文 Po-wen Kuo

頁碼/Pagination
pp. 1-30

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Abstract
This paper deals with Josiah Royce’s early and later formulations of his moral philosophy, respectively represented by The Religious Aspect of Philosophy and by “Urbana Lectures” and The Philosophy of Loyalty. Though the later theory 1s more profound and thus receives rather extended treatment here, the early phase is not neglected as it also contains important insights.

There are two fundamental theses in Royce’s moral philosophy: 1. sharp distinction between “Is” and “Ought,” and between fact and value; 2. emphasis on the autonomy of moral agent. Royce’s criticisms of other ethical theories are all based on these two theses. However, the view that moral values are not based on personal likes and dislikes cannot be easily reconciled with the view that moral decisions have to be made by each individual person himself. The tension between the two theses was not resolved until Royce developed a more satisfactory theory of moral self in the later period.

Royce’s principle of Universal Harmony proposed in The Religious Aspect of Philosophy suffered from its lack of concrete content as well as of practical means through which the goal is attained. In order to rectify the shortcoming Royce later attempted to show, in “Urbana Lectures” and The Philosophy of Loyalty, that moral ends are realized through imitation of ideal personalities, and that all practical ethical codes of conduct can be deduced from the principle of Loyalty to Loyalty. However, the attempt is not a total success.

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學門分類/Subject
哲學 Philosophy