Towards Elegant Survival: A Study of Value Choices in Chinese Society in the 21st Century: A Study of Value Choices in Chinese Society in the 21st Century

Author: Jiang Chang
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This series broadly understands ethics, treating moral issues as part of a broader exploration of value problems. It bridges and unifies ethics with value theory. By studying ethics from a philosophical perspective, it elevates ethics to become a philosophy of happiness, value philosophy, and a philosophy of flourishing, serving as a genuine philosophy that provides general value principles and basic behavioral guidelines for the construction, reflection, and renewal of societal and individual concepts. The main purpose of this book is to construct a modern ethical system that responds to reality, is close to life, reflects the times, and engages in dialogue with modern world civilization. It systematically summarizes and addresses the various value and moral issues faced by modern humanity, especially contemporary China, to meet the needs of China's modernization and modern life, serve the government's decision-making in modern cultural construction, and help members of society, particularly the youth, form modern values and moral concepts. The flaws and shortcomings of modern civilization are increasingly recognized by people. This book attempts to plan for the future way of human survival based on a critical reflection of modern civilization. Its core concept is: happiness is the ultimate goal of human pursuit, wisdom is the best path to achieve happiness, and elegant living is the proper choice for contemporary human wisdom.