Crisis of Trust: Examining a Severe Social Issue in China

Author: Wei Xin, Bo Yang
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Integrity is both an ethical issue and a legal issue. Integrity was initially reflected as an ethical issue. Original integrity was merely recognized as a kind of benevolent ethical concept, but over time, it gradually accumulated into an inherent ethical category, used to regulate human behavior in social life. In ancient China, let alone, even in the West, it was the same. Huxley frankly pointed out in the book "University in Reality and Ideals": "Integrity is the foundation of morality." On the other hand, integrity in ancient China was regarded as a symbol of personal moral cultivation level, which also highlights the inherent ethical connotation of integrity.