现代慈善的价值功能探析

Modern charitable value function

外慈善事业是我国社会保障体系的有机组成部分,和谐社会的构建离不开慈善事业的发展。慈善事业的发展程度是凸显一个社会文明程度的重要标志之一。慈善作为既传统又现代的文化现象,一方面是对大多数公民可接受的一种精神价值,另一方面,慈善在和谐社会构建中具有弘扬文明道德、化解社会矛盾、提升公民意识等价值功能。

Philanthropy is the organic constitute part of social security system and needed in the process of building harmonious society. The development of philanthropy is an important indicator of the degree of civilization. Philanthropy as both traditional and modem cultural phenomenon, on the one hand, is a spiritual values accepted by the most citzens. On the other hand, philanthropy promotes civilization and morality, resolves social conflicts, improves citizen consciousness etc value function in the process of building harmonious society.