Ethics Basics

Author: Li Huai
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is one of the "National Health Vocational Education Reform Series Textbooks for the 21st Century," and is a compulsory course for all majors in higher medical vocational education. The main content of this book includes four parts: basic theories of ethics, normative systems, moral practice, and moral activities. The research object, origin, and essential composition of ethics constitute the basic theories of ethics. The fundamental principles of morality, moral norms, and moral categories form the normative system of ethics. The fundamental principles of morality are the general outline and essence of moral norms, moral norms are the specific embodiment and supplement of the fundamental principles of morality, and moral categories are the basic concepts that reflect the essential and universal moral relationships between people. People's moral practice in various professions, social public life, and love, marriage, and family exist in various forms, and accordingly, various moral norms have been formed. The transformation of the fundamental principles and norms of morality into people's moral behavior is mainly achieved through moral activities, such as moral evaluation, moral education, and moral self-cultivation. Learning this course helps people clarify the basic theories and norms of ethics, cultivate noble moral sentiments and good moral qualities, and improve their comprehensive quality.