论老龄社会关怀的中西差异

Differences of Social Concern about the Aged between China and the West

老龄社会关怀的中西差异主要体现在三个方面:崇祖尽孝与敬神博爱的文化根源差异;家庭养老与社会养老的实践形式差异;德行不朽与回归上帝的终极目标差异。人口结构老龄化与经济全球化的共同背景决定着中西老龄社会关怀具有一定的互补性并将趋同。

There are mainly three differences of social concern about the aged between China and the west： Firstly, the difference rooted in the culture of ancestor worship, filial piety versus God worship, fraternity; secondly, the difference in practical form between family provision and social endowment; thirdly the difference of the ultimate goal of life between virtue immortality and return to god The two social aging-concern practice modes can be complementary to each other to some degree and will converge in common background of population aging and economic globalization.