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Effect of May Fourth Movement on the Research of Ethics in China ZHAO Qing-wen 2009(3): 4-7.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1321KB) ( )   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.

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On the Western Civilization Taken Over the East aboutChinese Moral Education Theory since the May Fourth Movement ——Taking the Dissemination of Dewey's Moral Education Thoughts as an Angle of View LI Zhi-qiang 2009(3): 8-11.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1329KB) ( )   Since the May Fourth Movement, Chinese moral education theory has been beginning to draw lessons from the west.It has been a history of 90 years so far.The study in the 90 years may be marked four periods such as the period of introduction,criticism,rethinking and drawing-on-experience.The article takes the dissemination of Dewey's moral education thoughts in our country as an angle of view,to reveal its historic course and law of development of the Western Civilization Taken over the East about Chinese moral education theory since the May Fourth Movement, then proposes the reference enlightenment forour moral education construction.

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The Moral Living of the Nationalities in the West Region in Qin and Han Dynasties GAO Heng-tian 2009(3): 12-16.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1406KB) ( )   The moral living of nationalities in the west region in Qin and Han dynasties took on strong characteristics of utilitarianism, which not only oriented by existence,but also kept out the principle of justice and also was the general moral principle practiced by the city states in the west region.This kind of moral living not only manifested in the process of intercourse between nationalities in the west region and powerful nationalities out of the west region,but also permeated in social living of the city states.In the process of struggling against Hun's repression with Han and being governed twice by Han Empire,the moral living of the nationalities in west region was affected in varying degrees by the Hans' morality

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The Replacement of Li with Xin:Lack of Moral Authority in the Ming Dynasty YU Shu-gui 2009(3): 17-19.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1312KB) ( )   Moral authority is an important force in maintaining social moral order. In traditional Chinese society moral authority and political authority are in unity. Moral authority even found its expressions in the legitimacy of sovereignty. The establishment of moral authority is based on a substantial theoretical basis. Wang Yangming's replacing Li with Xin proved to be an important reason for the lack of moral order in late Ming Dynasty.

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Rural Society's Family Ethics Life in Modern China HUANG Bin 2009(3): 20-25.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1411KB) ( )   In later period of Republic of China which passed through the Chinese modern history,the traditional family ethics is still the most foundation virtuous life standard of millions of farmers' family in China rural society.To the general farmer's family life,it is still playing a significant and positive role.And the traditional family ethics just is the important historical foundation and the realistic foundation of this time Chinese nation family moral life to the modernizing reforming.

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The Value and Limitations of Confucian Ethics for Modern Bioethics CHENG Xin-yu 2009(3): 26-31.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1341KB) ( )   Confucian ethics supplied a kind of theory resource and an approach for the modern bioethics,that is the value of Confucian ethics for modern bioethics. owever,the value of Confucian ethics for bioethics is limited,because Confucian ethics has its limitations of the time,cultural relativity, ts characteristics differentiating from bioethics on theoretical framework,aradigm and methodology. Confucian bioethics should be rooted in Confucianism critique and Confucianism innovation,and reflect the characteristics of Confucianism.

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Can Human Organ be Traded——A Comparison between Confucianism and Western Philosophy on Ownership of the Human Body LIU Jun-xiang 2009(3): 32-35.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1327KB) ( )   An urgent problem of organ transplantation is facing with a serious shortage of supply.At present the transaction of the living organs is current. Some hold that the organs and tissues are owned by individual,a person has the right to deal with his body.The article aims to clarify that the human body is different with things,such as watch,clothings and so on by the comparison between Confucianism and western philosophy on the issue of "the human nature".The conclusion is that in the development of bioethics,Confucianism is still an important theoretical resource and deeply influencing the understanding of the human body and some ethical principles and laws.

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Is Confucianism Compatible with Care Ethics?——A Summarize Study FAN Wei-wei 2009(3): 36-40.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1340KB) ( )   Is Confucianism compatible with care ethics? Three scholars resulted the opposite conclusions by unscrambling the conceptions of Jen and care,criticizing and re-creticizing the universalism of principle,beyond or toward to tradition and the position of feminist or not.Chengyang Li thought that the two ethics are compatible, and they could learn from each other and use for references and create a fire-new ethics theory.But Daniel Star and Lijun Yuan criticized the views of Li from different perspective,and rejected the possibility of compatibility of two whereas they expressed some common points of view.

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Two-fold Functions Of Ethics and Its Contemporary Reconstruction PENG Jin-song 2009(3): 41-44.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1327KB) ( )   Ethics is special method of society regulating, which can not lack or offside.There are many ethics degrading direction and phenomena in the period of society transformation,which demands to rightly knowing and playing the right role of ethics from the angle of its due functions,that it's limited and unlimited,relative and definite.Now we should propel ethics reconstruction from many aspects, such as lowest ethics,core ethics,life ethtics, work ethics,human relation ethics,system ethics,etc.

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On the Ethical Implication and the Dilemma of the Theory of Social Reponsibility of the Mass Media ZHENG Gen-cheng 2009(3): 45-49.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1341KB) ( )   The theory of social responsibility of the mass media is not the contrary of the theory freedom,but it's supplement, revision and corroboration.And the freedom is taken as one's moral right which combines with obligation based on his thoughts and the obligation for his conscience.Though the theory of social responsibility has plenitudely mediated the approximate sequence caused by deluge of the freedom of the mass media.And it also tries to find an effective resolvent by constructing social responsibility.But in fact, this effort has never taken out an ideal antipative effect. And even more,the theory itself is confronted with much theoretical and practical dilemma.

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An inspection to the Argument about Environment Ethics Establishment Basis and its Discipline Status Qin Xi-zhong 2009(3): 50-54.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1329KB) ( )   Our country's environment ethics research began in the early-1980s. This process started in discusses and introduces to western environment ethics works, afterward independent theory construction put into practice. Because "environment ethics" or "the ethical ecology" is a brand-new ethics concept and the system info, the academic circle also has the difference to this concept and the theory content's understanding. This kind of difference has caused the argument about the environment ethics discipline status and its discipline nature. This kind of argument also promoted the development of the environment ethics research in our country.

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The Dilemma and Transcendence On the Pursuit of Value in Ethics of Villagers' Autonomy DUAN Wen-ge, YUAN He-jing 2009(3): 55-59.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1339KB) ( )   The good implement of villagers' autonomy is supporting power of establishing harmony and stability in social transformation period. From the ethics point of view,villagers' autonomy should develop its own code of ethics and commitment mechanisms and realize human's free development in terms of self-governing principle and norm.So that it will sustain the harmony of ethical order.It will be vital important to look directly into the problems,in order to realize the value pursuit of autonomic ethics and rural stability.Through empirical research on Qingzhou rural governance model,we found it was the discordance between villagers and village and the contradiction between villagers and freedom and order that led to the discordance of freedom and order.The radical way of solving the problem of the value pursuit of autonomic ethics lies in perusing dynamic balance,positive interaction and the unification of the village,villagers,freedom and orders in four aspects:developing collective economy,applying grass root regulation, balancing the profit and expediting the course of villager education.

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The Fairness And Justice In The Visual Threshold Of Public Welfare PENG Ber-lin 2009(3): 60-64.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1340KB) ( )   In the visual threshold of public welfare,the crux of justice is to show loving care for the social vulnerable groups and help them to live an honor life. The problem of the social vulnerable groups is the best important problem demanding prompt solution in order to carry out the socialist fairness and justice.The government at different levels in china must take the fairness and justice as the cornerstone of making the policy about helping the social vulnerable groups,change their unfavorable situation,and guarantee their basic rights and interests.

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An Ethical Look into the System of Property Declaration WANG He-jun 2009(3): 65-69.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1329KB) ( )   The system of property declaration is marked by profound ethical implication.Seen from institutional ethics,the system of property declaration is the unity of the institutionalization of ethics and the moralization of institutions.Seen from legal ethics, the system is the unity of moral government and legal government.The ethical design of the system of property declaration finds its expressions in the presupposition,establishment,and supervision of the system.

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On Public Selecting Obligation——An Exploring of the Moral Bases of Public Selecting Justice ZHANG Zi-yun 2009(3): 70-74.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1339KB) ( )   Public selecting obligations are the subject internal guarantee of public selecting justice, which ensure the principles of public selecting deliberation to be maintained.Although experts,citizens,vocational public selecting functionaries and political leaders play different roles in public selection, they should undertake moral obligation of public selection as citizens,mainly including resourcefulness and courageousness,promise to heart, publicity to public selection.The three obligations are the essential demands that they enter public selecting area,and are decided by the characteristics of public selection itself too,they all sustain the value aim of public selecting justice to be realized smoothly.

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On the Virtue and Ethical Regulation XU Zong-liang 2009(3): 75-80.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1341KB) ( )   There is only the historical and concrete morality.However,it is not meant there is not any widespread morality and it is not also indicated it has no the necessity to seek the universal moral value.Kant's theory of morality is both virtue and rule; both the moral subject and the moral noumenon, so the both are internally united. In the western society, the external normal ethics is much more prevailed because it has the tradition that politics and law are higher than ethics and morality,it is different from the Chinese traditional ethics. The Chinese traditional ethics has the character of the unity of internal regulation and moral consciousness.It is powerless when the traditional theory of normal ethics faces the complex ideas of value and the disorder situation of morality in the world of today,then MacIntyre advances his view which want to revive Aristotle's theory of virtue.The view has real something that we ought to transfer the external normal ethics into the internal regulation,and combines the popular end of life with people's good conscience which both are set up on the foundation of modern idea of value.

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Michael Slote's Virtue Theory and Moral Psychology LI Yi-tian 2009(3): 81-85.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1346KB) ( )   As one of the most important theorists,Michael Slote's virtue theory is the representative of contemporary virtue ethics which emphasize the significance of moral psychology.According with his recent works and ideas, this article discuss and review separately Slote's two approaches, Common virtue ethics and Agent-based Virtue ethics, and reveal the presumption of moral psychology behind them.Slote's virtue theory and his moral psychology show the trait of contemporary virtue ethics which pay more attention to moral agent's inner world.

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On the Traditional Virtue Education of University Students LI Gui-mei 2009(3): 86-90.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1331KB) ( )   Traditional virtues are part of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation and they has had important influence on the development of the Chinese society.It is of great significance to enforce the education of traditional virtues among university students.In order to have good effect,the education has to appeal to good approaches.

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The Predicament of Cultivating the College Student's Moral Spirit:the Influence Coming from the Society LU Fang, LI Ying 2009(3): 91-96.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1350KB) ( )   Moral spirit is a kind of psychological consciousness and spiritual attitude that expressing revering morality,yearning for morality and sticking to morality.It is the essence of moral education through the whole process of which it runs.It is necessary to get social support to cultivate moral spirit while not merely depending on the theory's construction.Currently, we are facing many predicaments when we cultivate the college students' moral spirit.One of the most important reason is that there exists contradictory between school education and students' social experiences,specially,the social poor support to moral spirit has made great shock on moral education.Therefore,in order to walk out of this predicament,we must try hard to explore the social support and deal with the crisis in a whole angle.

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On the Ethical Implication of the Pre-Qin Confucian Pursuit of the Unity between Heaven and Man LI Dao-zhi, PI Wei-bing 2009(3): 97-99.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1321KB) ( )   Traditional Chinese ethics is based on the spirit of pursuing the unity between Heaven and man.The pre-Qin Confucianism held that Heaven is the source of human value and morality and that man could react to Heaven actively.In the relationships between man and Heaven,Heaven and man are in unity in essence, which leads to the unity between human morality and the essence of Heaven. The unity between Heaven and man is actually the unity between the morality of man and that of Heaven.

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The Modern Consciousness of Tan Sitong's Viewpionts on the Righteousness and Utility XIE Xiao-ming, XIAO Yong-ming 2009(3): 100-104.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1407KB) ( )   Tan Sitong's viewpionts on the righteousness and utility succeed the Chinese traditional theory of the utilitarianism, the viewiont on public and private interests, the democracy and the nationalism,but added his contemporary contents.Not only his viewpionts had the significance of economy and ethics,but also was his political ideas.On the one hand,in order to plead for the development of the modern industry and commerce and the capitalism prduction relations,he criticized the traditional dogmatists on his contemporary who were passive,conservative and did not talk the profits, also criticized the misconception of the closed-door policy which believed that if to carry out the trading policy, it would cause the corruption,and standed for the reaffirmation which ban on maritime trade.On the other hand,he took the democracy and the principles of the people's profits and of that the world is public as the weapons to criticize unrelentingly the Chinese feudalism and the Man Qing dynasty. Tan Sitong's viewpionts on the righteousness and utility had the strong and obvious characteristics of enlightenment and the modern consciousness.