论戴震欲情才知一体的道德心理观

Abstract

Dai Zhen was a famous scholar in 18th century in China. His thought of moral-psychology held a very important position in the system of his educational thought. He discussed the development of human moral systematically, while he saw human’s desire、emotion、material and cognition as a unity. Dai Zhen thought the "desire" was not only the instinct of creatures, but also a kind of moral need of people. It was the foundation of moral cultivation; The "emotion" was a kind of moral sentiments which can help people to experience other people’s emotions and divert the desires of instinct The "cognition" was a kind of moral awareness besides a part of human nature constitution. It was also the promotion that made the "desire" and "emotion" getting moral sublimation And the "material" provided a key condition of the moral qualities for individual moral development. Dai Zhen’s moral-psychological thoughts provided system psychological basis for moral education. It not only revealed the source of human moral cognition correctly, but also gave the inevitable possibility of human moral development. It also helped to enrich the study of human moral development, and it is useful on the psychology education and moral education of current school.