现代西方法治价值转向的人性根基

法治作为西方文明的重要成果,为人类的进步提供了发展的途径和有益的经验。在西方文明内部,法治在基本理论和制度实践方面经历了从传统到现代的变迁,二战以后法治的价值取向发生了明显的转变,由注重法治的工具价值转向关注法治的实体价值,将人的尊严与自由置于核心地位。这种转变的内在动因来源于人的本性,在根本上是对人性的回归。

The Human Nature Groundwork of the Change Direction of Modern Western Rule of Law Value

As an important result of the Western Civilization, the rule of law provided a path of development and the beneficial experience for Human Progress. In the inner part of western civilization, the rule of law experienced the change from tradition to modern in the aspects of basic theories and practice. After the Second World War, the worth trend of the rule of law took place an obvious change:From make a point of the tool value change to pay attention to the entity value; Place person's dignity and freedom in the core position. The internal source of this kind of changes is man's natural character, which means the return of humanity.