本世纪目睹了人类空前规模的罪行,还看到了伦理学的衰落,而后者一直是高等教育的主要内容,是哲学学术研究的一个重要部分。当对上述第一个事态的解释深深归咎于人性时,第二桩事情的发展则必应归因于人的知性。伦理学之所以成为哲学课题中的“灰姑娘”,是各种潮流涌现的结果。我在这里特别要提到逻辑实证主义的兴起和与之平行发展的欧洲大陆存在主义及其在美国加利福尼亚州的分支。逻辑实汪主义坚持事实和价值观念必须分离,存在主义则强调没有理性根据的选择。这两种哲学倾向导致相同的结论:对伦理学这一课题不必认真,在一个只重视科学权威判断的 This century has witnessed the unprecedented scale of human crime, but also saw the decline of ethics, which has always been the main content of higher education and an important part of philosophical academic research. When the explanation of the first event above is deeply attributed to human nature, the development of the second thing must be attributed to human intellect. The reason why ethics become “Cinderella” in philosophy is the result of various trends. I would like to mention here in particular the rise of logical positivism and its parallel development of continental existentialism and its branch in California, the United States. Logical Realism insists that facts and values ​​must be separated, while existentialism emphasizes the choice without reason. These two philosophical tendencies lead to the same conclusion: It is not necessary to be serious about the subject of ethics. In a judgment that values ​​only scientific authority