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对“缘何奉行道德”这一问题,除了有神论之外,社会契约论者给出了强有力的答案。根据社会契约论关于道德的理论,正确与谬误不过是在理性自利的个体之间达成一种共识,他们放弃对自我欲望和利益的不倦追求,以期获得彼此和平共处的保证。为了确保和平,他愿意放弃全部自决的权力,而接受常规道德规范的束缚。
In addition to theism, the social contractist gives a powerful answer to the question “why ethics is practiced.” According to the social contract theory of morality, correctness and error are only a consensus reached among individuals who are rational and self-reliant. They give up their untiring pursuit of self-desire and interests in the hope of obtaining a guarantee of peaceful coexistence with each other. In order to ensure peace, he is willing to give up all the power of self-determination, and accept the shackles of conventional ethics.