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Moral Life of Ming Dynasty and the Key Values YU Shu-gui 2008(1): 1-7.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1453KB) ( )   The unique moral life is the result that its stubbornly biased orentation of politics, disordered development of commodity economy and unrooted culture of society are playing synthetical tole. Its essence is that values of the traditional Confucianism can't provide supports of value for a new mode of production of social economy in the process of development of commodity economy. All sorts of disordered phenomena in moral life is finally originated from absence of the key values.

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The Characteristic of Chinese Traditional Moral Relation GAO Heng-tian 2008(1): 8-12.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1358KB) ( )   Chinese traditional moral relation is a special kind of social relation that was formed according to traditional etiquette that stipulated moral right and moral duty between people.The relation has the characteristic of grade,of seeking harmony,of polarizing moral right and moral duty between people,of being suppositional,of changing,of immateriality,of disaccord and of authority etc.

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An Inquiry Into Public Moral Life of Chinese Countryside in The Late Qing Danasty HUANG Bin 2008(1): 13-20.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1335KB) ( )   At the time of the late Qing Danasty, public moral life of Chinese countryside has basically lasted traditional pattern. It has many historical limits, but has stored up the essence of the ancient moral civilization of China, and it is the important basis on which modern public moral life happens and develops in Chinese countryside.

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Enterprise Social Responsibility in the Analytic Framework of Cyclic Economy QIAO Fa-rong, WANG Li-yang 2008(1): 21-27.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1311KB) ( )   Unlike traditional linear economy,cyclic economy is a revolution in the mode of economic growth.From the perspective of history,the connotation of enterprise social responsibility varies in different stages of economic and social development. During the development of market economy,the cognition of enterprise social responsibility has developed from classical to modern ones.As an economic development mode and a theory which affects social development,cyclic economy directly affects the interpretation of enterprise social responsibility. New connotations have been added to the enterprise social responsibility in the analytic framework of cyclic economy.

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Ethical Perspectives on SA8000 TANG Yi-Zhi, LI Lun 2008(1): 28-32.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1300KB) ( )   This paper argues that SA8000 does not cover all content of CSR (corporate social responsibility),only defining the social accountability within corporate;that SA8000 is not designed only for the corporate in developing countries,but it is the common duty of the companies worldwide;that SA8000 is not the burden of the corporate,while it helps to realize the win-win idea.

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Retrospect and Prospect of Corporate Social Responsibility in Product-Harm Crises Abroad JING Miao, ZHOU Ying, WANG Fang-hua 2008(1): 33-36.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1299KB) ( )   The academic circle has done more research on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in routine settings than in non-routine settings where product-harm crises occur.This paper tackles the achievements in the research on CSR in product-harm crises in foreign countries.It summarizes the relations between CSR and product-harm crises,CSR and its attribution,CSR and brand evaluation,CSR and enterprises' response to product-harm crises. In the end the paper puts forward the deficiencies and prospect of research in this field.

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On Self-Reflection WANG Hai-ming 2008(1): 37-40.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1288KB) ( )   Self-reflection stems from both moral emotions or moral ideals and moral wisdom.Therefore,for one to reflect on oneself regularly and profoundly,on one hand,he has to improve his understanding of morality and moral wisdom and establish moral beliefs like "Virtues are the necessary conditions for one to obtain happiness."On the other hand,one has to extend and strengthen the moral desire of "becoming a man of virtue",and the moral emotion and moral ideal of being determined to become a gentleman,a benevolent man and even a saint.

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Between Ethics and Morality: a Perspective of the Interpretation of "Dao" and "Li" FAN Zhao-quan 2008(1): 41-44.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1286KB) ( )   The two Chinese characters Dao (道) and Li (理) make the relations between the three different basic categories of principle (in Chinese, 道理, Daoli ),morals (道德, Daode) and ethics (伦理, Lunli) subtle and thought-provoking.Dao (道) and Li (理),put together,constitute the word Daoli,i.e "principle". Principle (道理) and morals (道德) share the character of Dao (道) while principle and ethics (伦理) share the character of Li (理). Morals and ethics each has its element from Principle,so the two categories are homogeneous and develop their own unique connotation and become two most fundamental and important categories in ethics.

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On Pluralism and Rationality of Goodness HUANG Zhen-ding 2008(1): 45-50.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1308KB) ( )   Contemporary western ethicists Richard B. Brandt and John Rawls,one concerned with practical moral norms and the other interested in the rationality of the good,both appeal to human reason and practical social life,respectively elaborate the multi-rules of the good and its rationality, and endeavor to explain,each in their characteristic way,the contradictory unity between individual and society,utility and morality,passion and reason,individual freedom and rights on the one hand and social equality and justice on the other.Their fundamental starting-points and major conceptions are very enlightening, though they have the common defect of lacking a historical perspective,which is a good lesson for us.

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Construction of Public Morality should Overstep the Tradition of Ethical Standard JIANG De-hai 2008(1): 51-56.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1313KB) ( )   Public morality is the moral norms of public behavoir.Construction of public morality can promote the construction of ruling by law.In China,construction of public morality delayed because of the influence of long tradition of ethical standard.It influenced Chinese construction of morality and contained the development of Chinese construction of ruling by law.In order to promote Chinese construction of public morality,we must overstep the tradition of ethical standard,and put construction of public morality on the course of ruling by law.

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Legal Justice and Moral Justice DOU Yan-guo 2008(1): 57-62.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1294KB) ( )   Social justice has always been the objective pursued by people since civilized era began.Social justice is in essence the establishment and defending of equality and justness in social relations of human kind (including relations between individuals,between community and organizations,between individual and community and organizations),which is expressed in forms of legal justice and moral justice.Legal justice is the prescription of social relations in terms of national will,which establishes and defends lawful rights and legal obligations through institutional norms.Legal justice prescribes social relations in terms of integrity and conscience,which recognizes and protects the ethical rights and moral obligations of citizens through the way of ethical norms.Legal justice is the foundation and safeguard of moral justice and hence the bottom line and starting point of social justice.Moral justice is the precondition and soul of legal justice and hence the ideal and objective of social justice.The positive interaction between legal and moral justices insures the realization of social justice.

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On the Relativity of Morality and Its Meaning in Moral Practice——And An Analysis of Moral Relativism XIONG Hui-jun 2008(1): 63-67.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1300KB) ( )   The relativity of morality is reflected in that moral norms have such characters as concreteness,diversity and indeterminateness.Moral relativity overlaps moral absoluteness,which means that there exists some universal,common and fixed moral value.Moral Relativism exaggerates the relativity of morality and denies the absoluteness of morality.However,some ideas of moral relativism concerning relativity of morality are reasonable to a certain degree.It is highly important in moral practices to correctly apprehend the relativity of morality.To improve the capability of individual moral self-determination,absolute morality value must be grasped.And at the same time,the relativity of morality must be mastered to enhance the capability of moral judgment and selection in certain situations.

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On the Traits and Dilemma of Secular Morality YU Wen-de 2008(1): 68-72.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1301KB) ( )   Secular morality has resulted from the development of economy and the secularization of social life.Reality,human-centeredness and ordinariness are the traits of secular morality.It is inevitable for secular morality to fall into the dilemmas of benefitism,hedonism and vulgarism,which can only be eliminated when morality returns to human itself.

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Harmonious Society and its Political and Ethical Construction: a People-Oriented Perspective JIANG Xue-lian 2008(1): 73-78.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1305KB) ( )   Chinese Scholars from different fields have been discussing the Harmonious Society warmly in recent years.With the deepening of the study, the ways of constructing and building the Harmonious Society are undoubtedly the most realistic and important.As a state of society instead of a form of society,Harmonious Society,in its essence,consists in the people-oriented harmony of subjects. According to the specific connotation and characteristics of Socialist Harmonious Society, this article holds that the many approaches to the construction of a harmonious society should not only need political construction and institutional guarantee but also relevant civil ethics and construction of civil morality in their modern sense.A civil society establishes such basic value notions in modern society as democracy,law system,freedom,equality,and justice in the form of institutions, and it insures that all citizens can benefit from these notions,thus providing institutional guarantee for the establishment of a real harmonious society.Civil ethics and civil morality,as the idea form,spiritual implication,cultural token and value justification of a civil society,reveal the essential characteristics and requirements of civil society,and guide the construction of civil society in terms of values and methodology,thus providing a sound foundation and backing for the construction of a harmonious society.

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Harmonious Family Based on Gender Equality FU Hong-mei, ZHU Yao-geng 2008(1): 79-82.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1282KB) ( )   Gender equality is an important factor and characteristic of a harmonious family and a harmonious society.A harmonious family should be a new order which is based on guaranteeing the equality between men and women in personal dignity,life value,rights,status,family duty and developing opportunities.In our country,the basic state policy of gender equality is basically carried out in families. But some gender inequality phenomena still exist.The ways to realize harmonious families based on gender equality are to improve the economic position of the female in family,develop the advanced sexual culture and further promote the social gender mainstream.

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The Controversy between Contemporary Liberalism and Communitarianism:Taking the Citizenship as Focus SONG Jian-li 2008(1): 83-87.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1299KB) ( )   The debate between liberalism and Communitarianism in the contemporary era deal with many aspects, but if we focus on the citizenship,we can find that the difference between both is that liberalism have made a point of personal value and thought much of personal freedom and personal rights,whereas Communitarianism have made a point of collective value and thought much of the realization of social public good.The paper points out that two kinds of civic spirit which has been made clear by the two viewpoints of citizenship are all correspond to the need of contemporary china society in different aspects.in so far as the status quo in our country,we should do something about civility in dailylife,cultivate and shape new citizens whose characteristic is toleration,respect and equally intercourse,thereout, good citizens who are responsible in political democracy life will come into being.

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The conflicts and syncretism between the Confucian and Buddhist ethics LIU Li-fu 2008(1): 88-93.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1372KB) ( )   The Chinese Buddhists inherited the Indian commandment in which they did not worship the king and their parents on bended knees during the early period of Indian Buddhism spreading to China.This was strongly criticized by some Confucians and received several royal debates from East-Jin and Tang dynasties.Though most of the Chinese emperors accepted the Buddhist commandment for near 1000 years,the Chinese Buddhists finally made concessions during Song dynasties. The process reflects the dominant position of the Confucian ethics.

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An Analysis of the Ethical Outlook of Mill's Freedom View WANG Yi-fang 2008(1): 94-98.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1297KB) ( )   John Mill interprets liberalism from the ethical perspective of peculiar relations between individual and society.He regards freedom as the nature of and restrictions on the authority society legitimately exerts on the individuals.Mill advocates individual liberty and expression of individuality,and puts forwards that liberty must take the progress of the society and the well being of humankind as its value goal. Moreover,his ethical appeal to liberty,his analysis of the ethical value of individual freedom,his ideas of exerting limitation on freedom and interpreting liberty in the light of utilitarianism and so on,enriched and perfected the theory of liberalism and promoted the development of the theory and practice of liberalism. His ideas are still of great significance in modern times.

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Theories on Moral Formation in Primary Ignorance in "Hexagram Meng" in The Book of Change ZHANG Jun-xiang 2008(1): 99-102.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1352KB) ( )   "Hexagram Meng" in The Book of Change introduces the valuable theories on moral formation in the Primary Ignorance in the West Zhou Dynasty.Inherited and developed by later scholars,they developed into a system of thoughts on moral formation in the primary ignorance,among which,the value objective of "smoothness when carrying out the doctrine of the Mean under all contexts", the sincere obedient attitude toward learning,and the principles of tolerance,sincerity, strictness and properness in teaching,and so on,are all plain and dialectic theories.They are quite useful in the moral nurturance of children and adolescence in modern times.

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An Analysis into Honesty-trust Education in Ancient Academies WU Zeng-li, TANG Ya-yang 2008(1): 103-106.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1353KB) ( )   Ancient academy paid much attention to the honesty-trust education of student.Educators of academy thought "honesty" was both the "dao of nature" and the nature of humans,so they taught students to keep the essence of honesty,insist on the trust consistence words with deeds,and to undertake the responsibility for other people and for the society.