关于普世价值及其追寻的审思

普世价值乃是对整个人类而言具有普遍性、普适性和必然性的价值，是能够得到基本共识和具有约束力的共同价值观。它不仅仅是一个指认价值普遍性的概念，而且还是一个吁求人们去追求的价值理念。人类生活实践的具体历史性、文化霸权的图谋和战略、价值多样（元）性的事实和取向，都不足以成为反对普世价值的充足理由。普世价值之所以值得我们去追寻，乃是因为人类从一开始就以个体性的存在生活在不同层次的社会共同体之中。当人类社会因世界历史的转变和全球化的推进而会聚到全球性共同体时，人类由此获得了一种世界性的生存方式，普世价值的追求也就具有了历史的必然性。这种追求必须以尊重文明多样性为前提，并且对价值的多样（元）性作出规约，以使人类面对共同的挑战、解决共同面临的全球性问题和开创共同的未来。中华民族必将为普世价值的理念及其实现做出应有的贡献。

On the Pursuit of the Universal Value

The universal value, commonly suitable and inevitable for human beings, is a view of value that can be commonly understood and binding. It is not only a concept that means the universality of values, but also the ideal that is worth pursuing. The historicity of the practice of human life, the intention and strategy of cultural hegemony, and the diversity of value can not deny the universal value. The universal value is worthy pursuing, because every one, as an individual, must live in social community with different levels. In the process of the transformation of world history and the development of globalization, human beings have obtained the world way of existence, and as a result the pursuing of the universal value has had historical necessity. In the pursuit of the universal value we should respect cultural diversity and also give it stipulations, so that human beings would cope with the challenge of global problems, and bring about a common future. China would make a contribution to realization of the ideal of the universal value.