论教育与人的幸福

幸福是理智对人性的追问,是人的不断发现;幸福是欲望的满足和激情的释放,是快乐的体验;幸福是＂由一个支配性目的决定的这样一种诱惑＂……这些形形色色的幸福观究其本质反映了人对生命的承诺与追求。但对那些伟大的思想家来说,承诺是轻而易举的,问题是如何实现承诺。他们给出的最有效的途径是：教育。那么,教育如何促进人的幸福？柏拉图的两个著名隐喻＂洞穴囚徒＂和＂舵手＂以及卢梭的＂自然人＂的理想对此有重要启示,原来人类所有的不幸皆因＂洞穴＂所致,这些＂洞穴＂作为欲望的化身或来自于败坏的个人、或源于不健全的社会,教育促进人的幸福要通过解除习俗、传统和偏见等等这些＂洞穴＂对人的文化绑架来实现。

On Education and Happiness

Happiness is a kind of rational questioning and the constant discovery of nature.Happiness is the satisfaction of desire and the release of passion so it's experiences of pleasure;Happiness is such a temptation that is decided by a dominant purpose......these different views of Happiness reflects people's commitment and the pursuit of life.But to those great thinkers,the commitment is easy and the problem is how to achieve it.The most effective way they think is: education.Thus,how can education promote peo...