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法律與宗教的互涉詮釋：《淮南子》的法律思想
Interactive Interpretation of Law and Religion:HuaiNanZi's Legal Thoughts
摘要
西方法理學家伯爾曼在《法律與宗教》一書中指出：法律的內在精神是正義，民主多數決無法證成法律的正當性，一定程度上，必須藉助宗教的神聖性。因此，本文援用西方「神學自然法」的理論，闡析《淮南子》的法律思想。相關的議題有：法律之起源除了「發於人間」、「生於眾適」以外，尚有「法生於道」、「道源於天」的超越性的、宗教性的終極依據。所以，法律固當因應時局之變而有所因革損益，但在變易的事物之上，仍應堅守普遍性的、恆常性的、帶有宗教性質的「天道」。而《淮南子》除了強調法律乃「人主之準繩」以外，更以神聖性的「天」，作為人間君主施政立法之指導原則，其意不在將專制政體合理化。反之，是以宗教精神提升人間政治。
並列摘要
In the book Law and Religion, Western jurist Burman pointed out that the inner spirit of law is justice, and a democratic majority can never prove the legitimacy of the law, and to a considerable extent must rely on the sanctity of religion. Therefore, this article uses "Western Theological Natural Law" theory to explain the legal thoughts of HuaiNanZi. Related topics include: In addition to the origin of law comes from the needs of people's lives, there are also transcendental and religious sayings that law originates from the "Dao" from "Tian". Therefore, the law should change according to the situation, but it should still adhere to the universal, constant and religious"Tian Dao". In addition to emphasizing that the law is the norm of the monarch, HuaiNanZi also uses the transcendent "Tian" as the guiding principle for the human king to rule and legislate. The intention of doing so is not to rationalize authoritarian regimes. On the contrary, it is to elevate human politics with religious spirit.