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Emotion and Human Life: A Perspective of Ethics JIANG Chang 2009(4): 3-9.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1146KB) ( )   Human beings are animals of emotion, which is psychological experience based on instinct and desire and influenced and controlled by reason. Human beings' emotion is a colorful and complex sky with differences in nature, range, depth and intensity. On the view of ethics, human beings' emotion can be examined closely in value on whether it is beneficial to human beings' existence, and from five dimensions of health, abundance, endurance, nobleness, fineness. These five dimensions are also the five criterions of whether it is beneficial to human beings' existence. Among them, health is the bottom line criterion which decided the good or bad nature of emotion. Emotion has overall, profound and direct influence on human life. It can be the source of both the happiness and suffering of people's lives. Emotion needs reasonable guide and control by reason. Only by perfect harmony of reason and emotion aiming to better existence, can human being has a real life and happiness of life.

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A Way of Practical Philosophy for a Solution to Modern Western Moral Crisis QIN Yue-cun 2009(4): 10-14.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1124KB) ( )   The substance of modern western moral crisis is the conflict between moral individualism and moral consensus. How to resolve this contradiction has got to the core of the project to the modern western moral crisis. As a reply, the new and old Liberalism and Communitarianism of west have given answers with some representativeness. However, this article holds that in order to settle the problem,one must turn to Marx's practical philosophy. From Marx's view, the conflict between moral individualism and moral consensus stems from contradictions of the biological ontology of human being, which can only be resolved in the processes of practical activity. Therefore, a way of practical philosophy is a real one to resolve the modern western moral crisis.

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Methodological Basis of Western Ethical Relativism NIE Wen-jun 2009(4): 15-18.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1118KB) ( )   Ethical relativism has been an important tendency of thinking in the western history of ethical thoughts, its methodological basis includes both rationalism and irretionalism and antiretionalism. The radical limit of ethical relativism lies in mode of thinking of metaphysics.

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Sexual Justice and World Order: Feminist Criticism and Building for Theories of International Relations JIN Ji-dong 2009(4): 19-24.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1132KB) ( )   Order is the basic pursuit of human, and it is also the core issue of IR. Mainstream paradigms believe that the recognition of world order can not be gained until we analyze behavior of states.From their point,there is no justice,or the justice order can be built but among democratic states. Feminism considers that justice between genders is the base of world justice.Introducing the concept of care is the precondition of building a peaceful,harmonious and just world. The goal of feminist world order is to build a harmonious world which inosculates justice and care.For world order in the post-Cold War era,Feminism brought forward a important path for rebuilding world order in future.

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On the Tax Justice ZHANG Xue-kui 2009(4): 25-30.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1134KB) ( )   Tax is an important moral existence.Western people and scholars consider that the definition on tax Moral property is:Even if the tax is not a purely evil,it at best can only be a necessary evil.The contention s between these two viewpoints is not the problem of good or evil above the tax,but the problem above the possibility of tax justice.

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Ethical Considerations of Enterprises's Responsibility of Environment LIAO Xiao-ping, LIANG Xiao-li 2009(4): 31-35.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1165KB) ( )   The ethics of responsibility is a concept which faces the future.The lack of the enterprise responsibility is one of the factors which lead to the increasing severe environment pollute. As a subject in environment pollute,the enterprises must respond for their action. When we emphasize the ethics of responsibility of the enterprises, it is the importance for the enterprises how to respond their social responsibility in responsibility ethics.

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Material Exist and Invisible Exist:Reflections on the Economic Ethics in the Context of the Global Financial Crisis LI Bao-yu 2009(4): 36-39.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1118KB) ( )   Money is a kind of "virtual pole", while wealth is a "very real", virtual currency pole of wealth is a very great role in promoting the contrary,on the contrary,there is a huge limiting. "Extremely virtual currency" must uphold the principle of allegiance "wealth is a very" economic ethical order. However, the moral crisis in general has always been the existence of the "virtual currency very" mechanism, only the ethics of "virtual money very" mechanism in order to maintain normal economic order and ethics to ensure the smooth progress of social material wealth growth, on the contrary, it will lead to financial and economic crisis, and hinder economic development. Therefore, the prevention of "virtual currency pole" mechanism so that the moral crisis allegiance in the "very real wealth" in the modern economic development is essential.

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On the function of the Charities in the national income redistribution LOU Hui-xin 2009(4): 40-45.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1128KB) ( )   The charities play a very important role in the national income redistribution. They check and balance the spontaneous dividing mechanisms as Matthew's Effect and Market Regulation. Many social factors influence the charities.

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Investigation of The Ethics Relations Status of Urban Vulnerable Groups XU Jia 2009(4): 46-50.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1124KB) ( )   In the transformation process of the ethical norm from the traditional to the modern in today's Chinese society, the ethical concepts and the morality changes of the Social Vulnerable Groups is an important aspect. Based on the survey and theoretical analysis, the current ethics relations of urban vulnerable groups basically extended the "tradition", but the "nature" tended to be "modern". On this basis, focus on the potential risks and and its reasons of the ethical conflict between Vulnerable groups with other groups, and sociaty, and point out the corresponding ethics measures.

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The Evolution of Modern Reproductive Morals LIU Xiao-ling, DENG Zhi-qiang 2009(4): 51-55.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1124KB) ( )   Along with the unceasing change of society, the basis of modern reproductive morals has changed, and the ethics value orientation has evoluted from The Traditional Reproductive Duty to The Reproductive Liberalism, and to The Unification of Reproductive Duty and Liberalism.

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The Psychology Building of Socialism Nucleus Value System HU Kai, XIA Ji-chun 2009(4): 56-59.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1115KB) ( )   This paper studies the psychology building of Socialism Nucleus Value System.Point out that Socialism Nucleus Value System can make cognition, emotion, purpose and personality harmonious. The approaches are inaugurating the education of ideological and political education and psychic health education, consummating solicitude and psychological consultation, optimizing social environment.

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Affection between Family Members: Important Strength of Constructing Young Peoples' Values WU Xin-ying 2009(4): 60-62.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1109KB) ( )   Affection between family members has been one of subjects to which are attached under discussion in recent years. Education of affection between Family Members has almost become blind spot of education of values for young peoples at present time, but relationship of affection between family members is one basic relation of human relations.The important content of present education of values should be that paying attention to present situation of affection between family members of young peoples of the present age, strengthening the education of affection between family members for young peoples of the present age,enhancing their ability of interpersonal association and training the sense of responsibility of young people of the present age for family and society.

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Problem of Effectivity of Confucian Ethic GONG Gang 2009(4): 63-65.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1100KB) ( )   In the wake of deconstruction and various forms of criticism focusing on difference, the ethical question has been freshly negotiated by literary studies, and to this approach this paper makes a compelling case for understanding narrative as ethic and brings the inanition process of Confucius ethic into focus. With pen-names Shenxiu and Dongyuan, Dai Zhen (1724-1777) was a famous Confucian of the Qing Dynasty. His main works are On Goodness and A Textual Research in Concepts of the Works of Mencius, in both of which he criticizes the Song and Ming Neo-Confucianism. Daizhen's theory of humanity is the content of his theory of righteousness at the core. Daizhen sets the human's desire with the view of the vitality on the ontology level. And his revaluing of human's desire is based on his humanist conception. When Daizhen inquires into the relationship of human's desire and laws of nature, human's desire is not confined to the counter-part of laws of nature. This article will inquire into his theory of desire and ration from different aspects of the essence of humanity and its function in the fulfillment of modernity in China.

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The Existentialist Orgin of Belief and the Modern Values of Confucianism HE Jian-hua 2009(4): 66-72.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1138KB) ( )   In real life,people have many aspects of demands. The human demand is a nature of human being. The reason that the human demand can be the interior driving force of social development is that man has rationality. However, rationality is not only the cause of happiness but also the orgin of evil. It is rationality that makes people live in an eternal and inevitable unblance state, which causes deep contradiction between man and nature, man and category, man and oneself. These various contradictions cannot be got rid of in reality, so people often seek other transcendental ways, which is called belief. How to find man's spiritual home is becoming one of the most important issues for human beings. Confucianism, with its profoudity to life wisdom such as human existence, the value and self-development, demonstrates its positive meaning in rebuilding modern people's spiritual home.

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Had Plato Successfully Proved That Justice is Happiness? BAO Li-min 2009(4): 73-79.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1145KB) ( )   The challenge that Plato has been facing is a fundamental theoretical problem. Sophists think no one can prove that people of justice without power and influence are happy and people who are not justice are not happy. In answering this question, first Plato exchanged the implication of justice,as a result, the so-called real justice that he gained, namely intrinsic justice, is exactly unjust for many people. Plato thank that the man controlling power should be a philosopher,but the philosopher is also unhappy in the country of justice. For the wise persons who believing sophists are more and more, it has not only significance of science but also significance of reality that Plato's political task is convinced or not.

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On the MacIntyre's Viewpoints of Virtue Ethics GONG Qun 2009(4): 80-85.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1127KB) ( )   both of virtue and practice have one kind of internal relationship.If you want to get inner goods of practice, virtue is the necessary condition,if you have no virtue, only can you get the external goods.What is more, the maintaining of practices needs virtue. Individual virtues lie in narrative unit of the self who is under the narrative context of society.

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The Internal Tension in Western Thoughts of Justice SUN You-xiang, DAI Mao-tang 2009(4): 86-91.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1131KB) ( )   The issue of justice has been continuously explored in the history of western ethics. In different historical period, the discussion about justice has been presented with controversial image which is full of internal tension. This kind of internal tension can be shown as the following questions. Can justice be relied on perfect virtue or improvement of social system? Is justice established on social level or individual level? Can justice be realized in the utopia world or realistic world? It is the internal tension which has pushed the exploration of justice in western ethics.

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On the Features and Limitations of Erich Fromm's Neo-humanistic Ethics DENG Zhi-wei 2009(4): 92-96.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1132KB) ( )   Erich Fromm established his unique neo-humanistic ethics through synthesizing Karl Marx's macroscopic social theory and Sigmund Freud's microscopic psychoanalysis. His theory has distinct distinctive features: formally, the two main features are that critique on modern society and academic research combined and comprehensive expertise and popular and amusing language united. New Individualist, Moral Idealism, Optimism are its content features. In addition, there are obvious limitations in his theory of human nature and personality theories.

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The Apocalypse of the Gnoticism to the Development of the Post-Modern Bioethics GUO Yu-yu, SUN Mu-yi 2009(4): 97-102.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1145KB) ( )   The post-Modern bioethics has been developed. Exploring its idea roots, there are extensive resources: the dharma of the old Greece philosophy,Post-Modern philosophy and the theology ethics. Among the apocalypse of the theology ethics to the Post-Modern bioethics, the gnoticism had an important role to its rise and development. It embodies in detail as follows: the particularity of the exploring method;being established in the moral Pluralism in post-Modern, counter-logos and challenging the principles; admitting the moral strangers,constructing the secondary moral relativism and the appealing to the immanent spirit nature of the person.

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On Solidarity: Habermas and Honneth REN Cai-hong 2009(4): 103-106.  Abstract ( )   PDF (1121KB) ( )   In Habermas's opinion,Solidarity which is based on justice and the presupposition of universal pragmatics and intersubjectivity means intersubjectively respect one another, responsibility for each other and the other of inclusion in a communicative community; in Honneth's opinion,solidarity which is the third model of recognition based on intersubjectivity is sense of loyalty when individual contribution and accomplishment to a community is recognized and esteemed.By the contrast between them,we think Honneth's recognition theory is much more realizable and feasible than Habermas's linguistic theory, which realizes the paradigm shift of critical theory.