北京大学哲学教授何怀宏出过一本谓之《底线伦理》的书。他引用雨果《悲惨世界》中的话提出一个耐人寻味的问题,即“做一个圣人,这是偶然的现象;做一个好人,却是为人的常规。”就是说,社会道德伦理可以没有上限,但不能没有底线;人可以不高尚,但绝不能恶劣;可以不是君子,但绝不能做小人。这一见解很值得国人深思。 He Huaihong, a professor of philosophy at Peking University, wrote a book entitled The Ethics of the Bottom Line. He quoted Hugo’s words in The Tragic World as an intriguing question: “To be a saint is an accidental phenomenon; to be a good person is a rule for people.” That is to say, social ethics can have no upper limit. However, we must not be without the bottom line; people can not be noble but must not be bad; they can not be gentlemen, but they must not be villains. This view is worthy of deep thought by the Chinese people.