传统社会道德的有效性对当代道德建设的启示

道德规范适应小农经济的发展要求,并以“熟人社会”为条件,以“由礼入刑”为手段,重视启蒙德育的作用,是传统社会道德有效的真正原因。相应,当代道德建设要取得成功,道德规范就必须适应市场经济的发展要求,并以开放的市民社会为条件,把反映市场经济内在要求的基本道德规范制度化,高度重视启蒙德育的作用。

Implications of the Effectiveness of Traditional Social Morality for the Establishment of Contemporary Moral Standards

Traditional social morality owes its effectiveness to the fact that it was established in a "society of acquaintances"to meet the needs of developing small-peasant economy,emphasizing the role of elementary moral education by means of "leading civility to penalty".If any success is to be made in establishing contemporary morality,moral standards should meet the needs of developing market economy and serve the open society of citizens.The basic moral standards that represent the intrinsic demands of market economy should be systemized and much importance should be attached to the elementary moral education.