一、引子：关于“道德形上学”及文化比较的可能性“道德形上学”作为复合词是个需澄清的概念。“道德”与“形上学”在复合时谁为主词，谁为宾词，结果大不一样。宾词具有解释主词的功能，在复合后充当修饰词。用“形上学”解释“道德”，是要给道德寻找形上学的根据；用“道 A primer: on the “moral metaphysics” and the possibility of cultural comparison “Ethical Metaphysics” as a compound word is a concept to be clarified. “Moral” and “Metaphysics” in the composite who is the subject, who is the object, the result is very different. The object word has the function of explaining the main word and serves as a modifier after the compound. To use “metaphysics” to explain “morals” is to find the basis for morals; to use "Tao