学术资讯｜政治哲学工作坊第七十六讲：伦理之内：非还原的伦理自然主义与善的显现

Political Philosophy Workshop (76th)

Organizer

Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai)

Sun Yat-sen University

Topic

Inside the Ethical: Non-Reductive Ethical Naturalism and the Revelation of the Good (Virtual）

Speaker

Jennifer HERDT, Professor, 

Yale Divinity School, 

Yale University

Moderator

Jun-Hyeok KWAK, Professor

Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai), 

Sun Yat-sen University

Time

21:00-23:00, May 6th, 2026

VooV

758-671-697

ABSTRACT

In the search for common ground capable of supporting cooperation amidst cultural, religious, and ethical diversity and conflict, we have good reason to canvass resources from multiple traditions.  This paper focuses on Neo-Aristotelian ethical naturalism, which seeks to show the objectivity of the ethical by reflecting on what it is to flourish or be perfected as an instance of a life-form.  While there are important objections that must be addressed, Aristotelian naturalism is a promising approach for a number of reasons.  It is a non-reductive naturalism intelligible from a secular philosophical perspective, while also being open to being grasped from within the Thomistic-Aristotelian natural law tradition so influential in the West.  It situates the distinctive character of human practical reasoning as a feature of one particular finite embodied life-form among many others, thus addressing mounting concerns about human exceptionalism.  And while it does not settle substantive ethical disputes, it provides a robust framework within which to work towards resolution of such disputes in ways that are not paternalistic and that respect all concerned parties.

政治哲学工作坊第（七十六）讲

主办

中山大学哲学系（珠海）

主题

伦理之内：非还原的伦理自然主义与善的显现（线上）

主讲

Jennifer HERDT

耶鲁大学神学院，教授

主持

Jun-Hyeok KWAK（郭峻赫）

中山大学哲学系（珠海），教授

时间

2026年5月6日

21:00-23:00

地点

腾讯会议 758-671-697

摘要

在多元且彼此冲突的文化、宗教与伦理立场之间，为寻求足以支撑合作的共同基础，我们理应从多重传统中广泛汲取资源。本文聚焦新亚里士多德式伦理自然主义：对于某一生命形式的实例，它通过反思“繁荣”或“完善”意味着什么，来揭示伦理的客观性。尽管该立场仍有待回应若干重要质疑，它仍因多个理由而颇具前景：一方面，这种自然主义可被世俗哲学视角所理解；另一方面，在西方影响深远的托马斯—亚里士多德自然法传统内部，它也能被把握。它将人类实践理性这一独特特征，定位为众多有限的、具身的生命形式之中的一种，从而回应了日益高涨的、对“人类例外主义”的忧虑。此外，尽管它并不直接解决实质性伦理争议，却为处理相关争议的努力提供了坚实框架，其路径既非家长制，亦能尊重所有当事方。

来源｜哲珠新媒体

文稿｜贾永泽

海报｜姚元琦

编辑｜姚元琦

初审｜韩　珩

审核｜卢　毅

审核发布｜屈琼斐