Social Ethics in a Changing China

Moral Decay or Ethical Awakening?

Nonfiction, History, Asian, China, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International
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Author: Huaihong He ISBN: 9780815725725
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press Publication: October 13, 2015
Imprint: Brookings Institution Press Language: English
Author: Huaihong He
ISBN: 9780815725725
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Publication: October 13, 2015
Imprint: Brookings Institution Press
Language: English

Over the past half-century, China has experienced some incredible human dramas, ranging from Red Guard fanaticism and the loss of education for an entire generation during the Cultural Revolution, to the Tiananmen tragedy, the economic miracle, and its accompanying fad of money worship and the rampancy of official corruption. Social Ethics in a Changing China: Moral Decay or Ethical Awakening? provides a rich empirical narrative and thought-provoking scholarly arguments, highlighting the imperative for an ethical discourse in a country that is increasingly seen by many as both a materialistic giant and a spiritual dwarf.

Professor He Huaihong was not only an extraordinary firsthand witness to all of these dramas, he played a distinct role as a historian, an ethicist, and a social critic exploring the deeper intellectual and sociological origins of these events. Incorporating ethical theories with his expertise in culture, history, religion, literature, and politics of the country, He reviews the remarkable transformation of ethics and morality in the People's Republic of China and engages in a global discourse about the major ethical issues of our time. The book aims to reconstruct Chinese social ethics in an innovative philosophical framework, reflecting China's search for new virtues.

Contents

  1. Reconstructing China's Social Ethics

  2. Historical and Sociological Origins of Chinese Cultural Norms

  3. The Transformation of Ethics and Morality in the PRC

  4. China's Ongoing Moral Decay?

  5. Ethical Discourse in Reform Era China

  6. Chinese Ethical Dialogue with the West and the World

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Over the past half-century, China has experienced some incredible human dramas, ranging from Red Guard fanaticism and the loss of education for an entire generation during the Cultural Revolution, to the Tiananmen tragedy, the economic miracle, and its accompanying fad of money worship and the rampancy of official corruption. Social Ethics in a Changing China: Moral Decay or Ethical Awakening? provides a rich empirical narrative and thought-provoking scholarly arguments, highlighting the imperative for an ethical discourse in a country that is increasingly seen by many as both a materialistic giant and a spiritual dwarf.

Professor He Huaihong was not only an extraordinary firsthand witness to all of these dramas, he played a distinct role as a historian, an ethicist, and a social critic exploring the deeper intellectual and sociological origins of these events. Incorporating ethical theories with his expertise in culture, history, religion, literature, and politics of the country, He reviews the remarkable transformation of ethics and morality in the People's Republic of China and engages in a global discourse about the major ethical issues of our time. The book aims to reconstruct Chinese social ethics in an innovative philosophical framework, reflecting China's search for new virtues.

Contents

  1. Reconstructing China's Social Ethics

  2. Historical and Sociological Origins of Chinese Cultural Norms

  3. The Transformation of Ethics and Morality in the PRC

  4. China's Ongoing Moral Decay?

  5. Ethical Discourse in Reform Era China

  6. Chinese Ethical Dialogue with the West and the World

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