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Representing the Advanced Culture of China from Start to End CHEN Yin 2003(1): 5-6.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1000KB) ( )   “Three Represents", which represents from startto end the advanced culture of China, form an integral whole. The Communist Party of China has alwaysbeen closely related to the advanced culture of China. The 16th Congress of CPChas included "Three Represents" in the membership regulations of CPC, which is of great theoretical significance.

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On Rule by Virtue and the Reconstruction of Social Capital in China DAI Mucai 2003(1): 7-11.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1071KB) ( )   It has become an unavoidable reality that at the present China social moral standard and social capital are on the decline. In the processof reform and opening and the development of market economy, in order to achieve good social governance, it is significant to seek out a way to bring government, society andcitizens into full coordination and full play, hence, to eliminate the possibility of the outbreak of social crisis and the further deterioration of social capital. The foundation and the accumulation of social capital lie in abundant social moral resources.“Rule by Virtue” provides a prerequisite for the reunification of the social resources of the country、society and individuals. It enriches and coordinates the moral resources in China. Therefore, government、society and individuals may effectively attain their respective goals with good coordination.

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On the Moral Value of Honesty and Faithfulness ZHOU Zhongzhi, LIU Fang 2003(1): 12-15.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1045KB) ( )   Faithfulness is the basis for the operation of the market economy; Good credit is dispensable to the development of enterprises;Both interpersonal communications and individual accomplishment need honesty and faithfulness.

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Morality and Wisdom QIAN Guangrong 2003(1): 16-20.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1051KB) ( )   The relationships between morality and wisdom are a topic of study with essential theoretical and practical significance. Morality has a lot to do with wisdom, but it is not wisdom itself. Ethical wisdom andmoral wisdom can communicate with each other, yet they don't belong to a singlekind of wisdom. Both ethical wisdom and moral wisdom are of great social value,so the advocacy of them is instrumental to the social reform and overall development of contemporary China. Therefore, it is only too necessary for us to review traditional Chinese ethics and the moral value they emphasized.

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On the Development of Morality WU Canxin 2003(1): 21-24.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1050KB) ( )   The development of morality has always been a dialectical process and a contradictory process of good and evil. The development of moralitycan be divided into three forms, that is, the evolution of morality, the changeof morality and the transformation of morality, seen from different point of view. To understand the developing course of morality dialectically is a useful way for people to understand morality itself.

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The Evolution of Moral Belief and its Regularity Ren Jiandong 2003(1): 25-29.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1062KB) ( )   The variability of moral belief is attributed to the contradiction between the openness of moral practice and the conservativeness of moral belief, the wholeness of moral values and the privacy of moral experience. This variability is reflected both in the hyperfunction, fluctuation, transformation of synchrony and the worship, submission and freedom of diachrony. While the interweavingof the two endows the evolution of moral belief with complexity, progress, development and consciousness are the inevitable in the evolution of moral belief.

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Traditional Economic Ethics of China and Its Changes in Modern Times ZHU Yiting 2003(1): 30-35.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1094KB) ( )   In order to construct socialist market economy,it is absolutely necessary to reform traditional economic ethics of China: (1) to reform the property-right ethic which emphasizes public interest while devaluing individual interest; (2) to reform equalitarianism; (3) to reform the “ honesty and faithfulness"ethic based on personal relationships; (4) to reform the family-based tradition.However, it will be a difficult process of reform, since there exists the problem of “way of dependence".

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Several Ethical Issues in Macroeconomic Controlling and Management QIAO Farong 2003(1): 36-41.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1083KB) ( )   The ethical issues appearing in macroeconomic controlling and management should not be ignored. China is an advancing country, so the macroeconomic controlling of the government is unavoidable; meanwhile, the government, as a kindof market subject, is supposed to obey the operational rules of the market economy.

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On the Conditions for the Formation of DENG Xiaoping Theories LIU Xiaoling 2003(1): 42-46.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1062KB) ( )   Seeking truth from facts is the philosophical prerequisite of Deng Xiaoping's economic ethics, which is based on dialectical criticism, inheritance and reform of traditional moral culture. The policy of reform and opening and related economic practice turn out to be the soil for the growth of Deng Xiaoping'seconomic ethics.

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On the Environmental Ethical Responsibilities of the Government XIANG Yuqiao 2003(1): 47-51.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1049KB) ( )   As a kind of special economic subject, the government shoulders unavoidable environmental ethical responsibilities. The so-called environmental ethical responsibilities refer to the moral responsibilities that the government mustundertake for the cause of environmental protection. They find their expressionsin the environmental policies, environmental laws, environmental plans and environmental standards the government stipulates and tries to carry out. In order to fulfill the task of environmental protection effectively, we should resort toa mechanism of environmental protection, which is called “the mechanism with the government as the leading factor while the market goes as the complementary one”.

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Confucian Theory of Man-material Relationships and Modern Ecological Ethics SHAN Aihong 2003(1): 52-56.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1066KB) ( )   Confucian theory of man-material relationships results from a deep understanding of natural inevitability. Starting from such basic philosophical ideas as unity between man and material, Confucianism holds put forwards some fundamental principles, namely, the principle of “being benevolent to both human beings and other beings" and "extending human love to other beings”.It has the theoretical and practical value of Confucian theory of man-material relationships to the development of modern ecological ethics.

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Confucian Ethics and the Construction of the Moral System of Contemporary China DU Zhengji 2003(1): 57-62.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1089KB) ( )   As the mainstream of traditional Chinese ethics,Confucian ethics hasexerted great influence on the ideology and conduct of Chinese people. In particular, it has had deep impact on the moral life of Chinese people. When we construct socialist ethics, we can learn a lot from Confucian ethics. The proper attitude towards Confucian ethics is that we should treat it dialectically, which isvery important for moral construction today.

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A Brief Statement on the Evolution and Its Enlightment of Modern Family Ethic LI Guimei 2003(1): 63-68.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1080KB) ( )   The evolution of modern family ethic is an important stageof modern diversion of the Chinese traditional family ethic. It has historicalbackground and specific contents,both give some enlightment for later generations.

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Justice:the Dominant Concept in the West(Ⅱ) LIAO Shenbai 2003(1): 69-74.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1085KB) ( )   In the Western thought, the concept of justice has undergone many changes since it emerged in Ancient Greek. The idea originated in the Greek mythology and got its forms in the thoughts of Solon, Plato, and Aristotle. Connected with the conception of conscience of the Middle Ages Christianity, and enlightened via the theory of natural law, it then converged into the system of liberalismand adopted some influences of the socialism. This is the main route of the development of the dominant concept of justice of the West. Many ideas and notionshave left on it their deep influences. Developed from a different source, each of its various meaning added and made a supplement to it through the whole history since this concept emerged. At the meantime, these changes have been producingnew syntheses. Roughly speaking, since it was given its birth in the Greek thoughts, new syntheses had got their becoming based on the notions of the Christiandoctrine, theory of natural law, the modern and contemporary liberalism and socialism. Rawls' theory of justice as fairness is one of the most important syntheses of the Western notion of justice of our time.

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Religious Ethics and Everyday Life ——An Introduction to Marx·Weber's Religious Ethical Thoughts FNEG Shizheng, LI Jianhua 2003(1): 75-79.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1067KB) ( )   How the ethics of religion affects the everyday life, especially economic life is the main theme of Max Weber's sociology of religion. Sucha theme can be unwrapped into two aspects: typological studies and case studies. The domestic academia paid much attention to the latter and ignored the former.

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Justifying the Golden Rule HAN Dongping 2003(1): 80-86.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1039KB) ( )   There are remarkable wrong understanding and misunderstanding in the discussions concerning the Chinese Golden Rule, "do not impose on others what youyourself do not desire", in recent academic discussions. To sum up, those wrongunderstanding and misunderstanding find their expressions in such forms: (1) considering the Golden Rule as something that has the highest moral value; (2) doubting about or even devaluing the Golden Rule with its impossibility in practice; (3) denying the Golden Rule in one way or another; (4) thinking that the Golden Rule is unfit for modern society. However, if we look into these ideas closely, we will be sure to find that they are all untrue.

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“Right” and “Good” SHENG Qinglai 2003(1): 84-94.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1126KB) ( )   The question about what is right and justification concerned form a central but controversial issue in moral philosophy. The existence of the question has also reflected the main difference between utilitarianism and virtue ethics. This paper is intended for an objective analysis of the two important moral terms from another point of view.

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II.Wisdom and Rationality 2003(1): 92-97.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1165KB) ( )

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On Original Ethics Papers Written by Contemporary American Scholars WEI Zhengxiang 2003(1): 98-101.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1047KB) ( )   Original ethics papers written by contemporary American scholars are externalization of their comprehensive quality. Generally speaking, the scholars have proper knowledge suited for academic creativity, work forthe development of ethics, explain problems starting from the interests of individuals, and like to write in clear and concise style. They may write extensively but most of them have special concentrations as their identities. The standard of success to them is if their thoughts are accepted by their readers.

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The Logical Tension of the Adam Smith Problem NIE Wenjun 2003(1): 102-107.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1084KB) ( )   The Adam Smith Problem means that there is a conflict between Adam Smith's works of the Wealth of Nations and the Theory of Moral Sentiments. Theproblem was put forward by German Historical School in the middle of the 19th century. Afterward, the different views of the Adam Smith Problem arose along with the development of theories and realities. Most scholars believe that there isor is not a conflict between Smith's two works and between his economics and ethics. I think these views are reasonable but lack of dialectical view. These views do not realize the logical tension of the Adam Smith Problem, That is to say,The Adam Smith Problem contains the relation of economy to ethics as well as economics to ethics. The relationship and its theories show a dialectical and dynamic process from positiveness to negativeness then to renegativeness.