Transformation of Ethical Ideas in Contemporary China

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Transformation of Ethical Ideas in Contemporary China

Cultural studies Asian history Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Social and political philosophy

Authors: Xinzhong Yao, Shuihuan Wang

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Collection: Religion and Philosophy

Language: English

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Published on: 30th November 2024

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9789819746040


Overview

This book takes Confucian ethics as the main line, time and space as the longitude and latitude, and concisely demonstrates the changes of Chinese traditional ethics and their modern values. Its connotation starts from the basic moral norms of "five Ethics" and "five Virtues", and from the multi-dimensional perspectives of self-cultivation, family ethics, social ethics, political ethics, and environmental ethics.

Core Characteristics

It highlights the core characteristics of the integration of individual virtues and public morals, such as benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, courtesy, leniency, faith, sensitivity, earnestness, kindness, goodness, virtue, and conduct, and discusses the ethical requirements of loyalty, harmony, filial piety, fraternity, and bravery, which are constantly gaining and losing with the changes of the times.

Modern Relevance

This book focuses on the vitality of Chinese ethical innovation in the context of globalization and modernization, showing how it demonstrates its value in the complex process of dialogue with other civilizations in the world and interaction between China and foreign countries, and how it contributes to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and the promotion of world peace and prosperity.

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