如今，儒家哲學面對著當代人文之挑戰、倫理之挑戰以及安身立命之道德挑戰，是已經從傳統的價值觀與意義論中，不斷轉現出新的型態，以直接面對當代具現代性、公共性與人我溝通屬性的生活世界。本文即以此為基點，進而以當代新儒家兩位代表人物：劉述先與杜維明為例，一方面證實儒家哲學是生命哲學、文化哲學與道德哲學的結合，並從劉述先關切全球倫理的面向，闡發儒家倫理的新人文主義內涵；另一方面，則以儒家哲學的現代性為觀察之向度，就杜維明詮釋儒學為「體驗之學」，及其不斷的以其「一種新型的全球社會倫理」為架構，思考儒學現代化的諸多可能性，以了解當代學者開發儒家內蘊新義的工作其實不曾稍歇。

　　　　　Challenged by contemporary humanism, ethics and morality, Confucian philosophy has come up with new forms evolving from traditional values and meanings, in order to address the living world with its modernity, public ness, and character of communication. Thereupon, this paper is to demonstrate that Confucian philosophy combines bioethics, cultural ethics and moral philosophy, with reference to two Confucians, Liu Shu-hsien and Tsu Wei-ming. We will also explicate the neo-humanistic immanence of Confucian ethics from the perspective of global ethics. On the other hand, while Du Wei-ming interprets Confucianism as a "doctrine of experience" and uses the framework of "a new type of global social ethics," we will observe in terms of the modernity of Confucian philosophy and contemplate various possibilities of the modernization of Confucianism, so at to understand how contemporary scholars exploit the new content and meanings of Confucianism.