关键词: 伦理学, 五四运动, 新文化

Abstract: May Fourth Movement greatly promoted specialization and modernization of the research of ethics in China. Through the movement, the research of ethics became an independent knowledge because it was released from the shackles of traditional morality and political and other non-academic factors,and a good foundation had been laid for the prosperity of ethics research. At the same time, formalistic approach that existed in the field of social ethics also limited the development of national and localized systemic theory of ethics. It had been an important topic being thought by scholars after May Fourth Movement.

Key words: Ethics, May Fourth Movement, New Culture