摘要
"重叠共识"是罗尔斯为处理当今社会如何在多样性的基础上达成一致意见、协调行动和稳定秩序的问题而提出的重要概念。可以区分出"重叠共识"的几个不同层次:持不同观点的人们都以合理的态度彼此相待;基于不同价值的人们从各自角度出发或通过采纳彼此视角而支持共同的规范;以及目前持有不同观点和立场的人们,努力寻求未来的彼此理解乃至"视域融合"。"重叠共识"不仅是一个理论问题,而且是一个实践问题;重要的是不仅在政治哲学中讨论"重叠共识",而且在政治文化中寻找"重叠共识",尤其是在政治实践中构建"重叠共识"。但不能因此把"重叠共识"的有效性问题归并为它的事实性问题,而要把政治实践建立在实践主体的合理商谈和自觉责任的基础之上。
'Overlapping consensus' is an important concept proposed by John Rawls in dealing with the issue of how contemporary society can arrive at agreement,coordinated action and a stable order in the context of diversity.Several levels of 'overlapping consensus' can be distinguished: first,people with different views dealing reasonably with one another;second,people with different values coming to support shared norms,either by starting from their own viewpoints or by absorbing one another's perspectives;and third,people who presently hold divergent views and standpoints endeavoring to seek future mutual understanding and even a 'fusion of horizons.' 'Overlapping consensus' is a theoretical as well as practical issue.It is important not only to discuss 'overlapping consensus' in political philosophy,but also to pursue it in political culture,and especially to construct it in political practice.But the validity of 'overlapping consensus' should not thereby be reduced to the issue of factuality.Rather,political practice must be based on the reasonable discourse and conscious responsibility of the subjects of practice.
出处
《中国社会科学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2008年第6期55-65,共11页
Social Sciences in China
