Contemporary Chinese Ethics and Morality

Author: Wei Yingmin
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: The book is permeated with the thinking of modern materialism, studying the theoretical and practical issues of contemporary Chinese ethics and morality from a philosophical perspective under the market economy conditions. It is first and foremost an academic work that delves deeply into fundamental ethical theories, such as the structure, essence, and function of morality, basic ethical and moral issues, human nature and humanitarianism, as well as the two opposing value systems of individualism and collectivism. At the same time, it is a work close to life, reflecting reality, and possessing practical value. The book consistently upholds the spirit of re-examining ethical and moral issues, reflecting on the past, focusing on the present, and looking toward the future. It is not bound by the fixed ideas and conclusions of ancient sages and scholars but conducts pragmatic research and elaborates on issues, honestly expressing its own views. Regarding the ethical and moral knowledge and moral heritage of both the East and the West, it adopts the spirit of using the old for the new, the foreign for the domestic, prioritizing the present over the past, and innovating while discarding the old, in short, a comprehensive and innovative approach, to study, explore, explain, and clarify, thereby enriching, fulfilling, and perfecting our ethics and morality. The book consistently advocates against dogmatism, absolutism, and arbitrariness, striving to interpret issues with innovative concepts. The author of this book is particularly interested in applied ethics. The book Contemporary Chinese Ethics and Morality is the author's work using Bakuninist philosophy as the worldview and methodology to study ethical and moral issues in the primary stage of socialism. It conducts in-depth research on various theoretical and academic issues, such as ethical methods, fundamental ethical problems, the value of humans and ethical value, theories like individualism, collectivism, rational egoism, human nature, and humanitarianism. Especially noteworthy is the author's personalized insights on establishing a moral system and ethical and moral norms that correspond to the market economy system, as well as the hierarchical issues of ethical and moral norms, which are highly enlightening upon reading.