“Cultivating people by virtue”has become the foundation of China’s education,and is the top priority of college education.“Only the learned can become teachers,and only those who behave properly can become role mo...“Cultivating people by virtue”has become the foundation of China’s education,and is the top priority of college education.“Only the learned can become teachers,and only those who behave properly can become role models”.The construction of teachers’ethics in colleges and universities is the premise of realizing the fundamental task of moral education,the need of teachers,the key to realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,and it is also the way to correct the bad atmosphere in colleges and universities.In the construction of teachers’ethics,teachers should understand their roles and improve their professional ethics,schools should improve the guarantee system of teachers’ethics construction,meanwhile,improve the status of teachers and create a social environment of respecting teachers and valuing teachers.展开更多
This paper focuses on employee motivation factors in military organizations.In the context of the special mission of the military profession,military leadership is approached in an effort to demonstrate the importance...This paper focuses on employee motivation factors in military organizations.In the context of the special mission of the military profession,military leadership is approached in an effort to demonstrate the importance and necessity of its ethical dimension in relation to employee motivation.On the motivation factors related to employee personality traits,the paper seeks to demonstrate—through Aristotle’s philosophical reasoning(virtue ethics)—that military virtues have to define each member of the Armed Forces in order to fulfill his/her mission.The methodology part of this paper uses the method of interview with permanent officers of the Hellenic Armed Forces in order to prove the strong relationship between ethical leadership,virtue ethics,and employee motivation in the military.展开更多
Under the academic environment of diversifying theoretical orientations for modern ethics,Chinese virtue ethics in the new era takes a five-in-one theoretical form that integrates mind,behavior,norms,e ort,and spiritu...Under the academic environment of diversifying theoretical orientations for modern ethics,Chinese virtue ethics in the new era takes a five-in-one theoretical form that integrates mind,behavior,norms,e ort,and spiritual plane.Its mainstream is Marxist virtue theory or Marxist virtue ethics,which manifests Chinese nationality,subjectivity,and originality.It is of great signicance for contemporary people to re ect on and examine the disciplinary structure of ethics and promote the integration of ethical research,and will certainly play a vital role in building a community of shared future for mankind.展开更多
If one goes beyond the Western perspective, one realizes that most philosophy outside the West has been virtue-ethical in character. But it also turns out that there are simply more historical kinds of virtue ethics t...If one goes beyond the Western perspective, one realizes that most philosophy outside the West has been virtue-ethical in character. But it also turns out that there are simply more historical kinds of virtue ethics than most virtue ethicists recognize. Virtue ethics is mainly of interest because of its contemporary relevance and plausibility, and it is argued here that a virtue ethics that emphasizes empathy is very plausible in contemporary terms. Such an approach can say some strong things in favor of democracy, but it can also criticize Western thought for putting too much emphasis on autonomy rights rather than people＇s, and especially women＇s, welfare.展开更多
Mencius takes humaneness as the primary moral idea, and makes new annotations to some classical Confucian moral ideas, such as rightness, courtesy and intelligence. The main traditional topic of virtue has, in Mencius...Mencius takes humaneness as the primary moral idea, and makes new annotations to some classical Confucian moral ideas, such as rightness, courtesy and intelligence. The main traditional topic of virtue has, in Mencius, been transformed gradually form virtuous conduct to virtue. The four minds-four virtues theory of Mencius marks the formation of virtue ethics in classical Confucianism.展开更多
Most research into ethical leadership depends on Western corporate experience,however current research findings may not fit the Chinese context.As a result,it is necessary to appeal to indigenous and traditional Chine...Most research into ethical leadership depends on Western corporate experience,however current research findings may not fit the Chinese context.As a result,it is necessary to appeal to indigenous and traditional Chinese sources of wisdom when defining and evaluating ethical leadership in China.Both rule-following ethics and instrumental approaches,which are mainly used in recent empirical studies about ethical leadership,cannot enable people to have inner motivation to behave ethically.Accordingly,this article intends to establish an ethical leadership model in China by appealing to Conflician virtue ethics.A Confucian ethical leader possesses benevolence(ren仁)inside and treats others in a proper way according to ritual and rites(li禮).He/she makes self-cultivation as the first priority and is a virtuous role model,influencing others in a natural way by of his/her moral charisma.For such a person,economic profitableness is not a primary concern,where instead the goals,strategies and practices of his/her organization are defined by the principle of righteousness(yi義).展开更多
The goals of this overview is to discuss the ethics of telling the patient the truth, with some historical backgrounds and it is importance in medical practice, Justifying Less than Full Disclosure in some situations ...The goals of this overview is to discuss the ethics of telling the patient the truth, with some historical backgrounds and it is importance in medical practice, Justifying Less than Full Disclosure in some situations in which the truth may have a terrible impact on the occasional patient, and the influence of the culture on the health care professionals attitudes towards telling the patient the truth. Conclusion: The health care professionals need more awareness, and training in ethics of veracity and also in the communication skills especially in the context of breaking bad news in telling the patient the truth about diagnosis, treatment outcomes, and prognosis of any serious illness.展开更多
Teachers play an important role in society,whose career is considered to be the most glorious one under the sun.They have deep and lifelong influence on students and the prosperity of a country and even the bright fut...Teachers play an important role in society,whose career is considered to be the most glorious one under the sun.They have deep and lifelong influence on students and the prosperity of a country and even the bright future of the whole world.Teacher should be a person with great virtue that sets good examples for the students.However,nowadays,there exist various problems about teacher’s ethics due to complex social,economical,cultural or personal issues.It’s urgent and imperative for teachers to learn and improve professional ethics to be a better mentor.This paper begins with the definition of ethics,emphasizes the importance of teachers’professional ethics,talks about current situation in this area,analyzes the reasons why there are immoral problems about teachers and suggests some practical strategies on how to improve it.展开更多
The proposed paper presents an overview on the matter of virtue from different philosophical angles. It concentrates on three different schools of thought coming from the West and the East and their respective concept...The proposed paper presents an overview on the matter of virtue from different philosophical angles. It concentrates on three different schools of thought coming from the West and the East and their respective concepts of virtue. These schools of thought and the therewith-associated personalities and works discussed in this paper are Aristotelian virtue ethics, Confucianism and Daoism. The paper focuses specifically on the Nicomachean Ethics （NE） by Aristotle, the Analects belonging to Confucianism, and the Dao De Jing coming from Daoism. The paper is divided into three major parts. First, the concept of virtue of each school is outlined. In the second part, the concrete virtues as such according to each school are explained. In the third part, these virtues are then applied in specific business contexts like business practice, corporate culture and leadership, illuminating each school＇s characteristic approach. The paper closes with a summary and conclusion. In the conclusion the paper outlines differences as well as similarities between Aristotelian and Confucian virtue ethics. Yet, the author generally takes a critical stance towards comparisons merely for the sake of finding similarities. Particularly between Aristotelian and Confucian virtue ethics there is a significant difference when it comes to the cultural and historical background of these schools, which should not be ignored. Besides, even within Chinese philosophy there are already significant differences when it comes to concepts and practice.展开更多
This paper argues that rather than looking to the past for a previously developed set of traditional values and virtues we should instead look to the past for ways of thinking about morality and ethics which may be fo...This paper argues that rather than looking to the past for a previously developed set of traditional values and virtues we should instead look to the past for ways of thinking about morality and ethics which may be found in the ＂tradition＂ and which may also be relevant for the contemporary situation. It examines the causes of the disconnection between traditional ways of thinking and the contemporary situation at two levels： the marginalization of morality and the disarray in ethics. Both aspects are found to be rooted in the emergence of the empirical scientific differentiation of consciousness. The paper then goes on to ask what resources in the tradition may be found to overcome the gap between ancient and modem, or traditional and contemporary, ways of thinking about morality and ethics. The contemporary relevance of the thought of Bernard Lonergan to this issue is examined.展开更多
Purpose:Care is a core concern for early childhood education and care(ECEC)institutions.Care may be understood as a basic form of interaction and a foundational need for human beings.For these reasons,care also presen...Purpose:Care is a core concern for early childhood education and care(ECEC)institutions.Care may be understood as a basic form of interaction and a foundational need for human beings.For these reasons,care also presents challenges for ECEC staff.The staff must seek practical solutions to problems that philosophers have raised on a theoretical basis concerning ethical traditions,such as the ethics of care.These are the problems of justice,parochialism,and self-sacrifice.Design/Approach/Methods:This article develops a theory concerning the ethics of care in ECEC institutions.The theory is informed by qualitative interviews with ECEC teachers reflecting on their caring practices.The study is therefore located at the intersection of normative ethics and applied ethics.In seven in-depth interviews,the informants discussed how to create a caring ECEC environment that is fair and possible to maintain over time.Findings:Through analyzing the interviews,I found that caring practices that work toward these ideals can be described as sustainable care.These practices take care of all the children and provide the staff with opportunities to regain the strength they need to create a caring and educating setting.展开更多
文摘“Cultivating people by virtue”has become the foundation of China’s education,and is the top priority of college education.“Only the learned can become teachers,and only those who behave properly can become role models”.The construction of teachers’ethics in colleges and universities is the premise of realizing the fundamental task of moral education,the need of teachers,the key to realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,and it is also the way to correct the bad atmosphere in colleges and universities.In the construction of teachers’ethics,teachers should understand their roles and improve their professional ethics,schools should improve the guarantee system of teachers’ethics construction,meanwhile,improve the status of teachers and create a social environment of respecting teachers and valuing teachers.
文摘This paper focuses on employee motivation factors in military organizations.In the context of the special mission of the military profession,military leadership is approached in an effort to demonstrate the importance and necessity of its ethical dimension in relation to employee motivation.On the motivation factors related to employee personality traits,the paper seeks to demonstrate—through Aristotle’s philosophical reasoning(virtue ethics)—that military virtues have to define each member of the Armed Forces in order to fulfill his/her mission.The methodology part of this paper uses the method of interview with permanent officers of the Hellenic Armed Forces in order to prove the strong relationship between ethical leadership,virtue ethics,and employee motivation in the military.
基金This paper is a preliminary result of the project Chinese Virtue Ethics:Interpreting Traditional Resources and Keeping em Alive in Modern Times[中国德性伦理:传统资源的阐释与现代传承],a Guoxue project supported by 2018 Guizhou Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Program(Project No.18GZGX17)and the project Research on Chinese Rites and the Development of a System of Traditional Chinese Ethical Norms[礼经思想与中国传统伦理规范体系建设研究]supported by 2019 National Social Science Fund of China(Project No.19FZXB001).
文摘Under the academic environment of diversifying theoretical orientations for modern ethics,Chinese virtue ethics in the new era takes a five-in-one theoretical form that integrates mind,behavior,norms,e ort,and spiritual plane.Its mainstream is Marxist virtue theory or Marxist virtue ethics,which manifests Chinese nationality,subjectivity,and originality.It is of great signicance for contemporary people to re ect on and examine the disciplinary structure of ethics and promote the integration of ethical research,and will certainly play a vital role in building a community of shared future for mankind.
文摘If one goes beyond the Western perspective, one realizes that most philosophy outside the West has been virtue-ethical in character. But it also turns out that there are simply more historical kinds of virtue ethics than most virtue ethicists recognize. Virtue ethics is mainly of interest because of its contemporary relevance and plausibility, and it is argued here that a virtue ethics that emphasizes empathy is very plausible in contemporary terms. Such an approach can say some strong things in favor of democracy, but it can also criticize Western thought for putting too much emphasis on autonomy rights rather than people＇s, and especially women＇s, welfare.
文摘Mencius takes humaneness as the primary moral idea, and makes new annotations to some classical Confucian moral ideas, such as rightness, courtesy and intelligence. The main traditional topic of virtue has, in Mencius, been transformed gradually form virtuous conduct to virtue. The four minds-four virtues theory of Mencius marks the formation of virtue ethics in classical Confucianism.
基金This research is supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China(20XNQ044)|。
文摘Most research into ethical leadership depends on Western corporate experience,however current research findings may not fit the Chinese context.As a result,it is necessary to appeal to indigenous and traditional Chinese sources of wisdom when defining and evaluating ethical leadership in China.Both rule-following ethics and instrumental approaches,which are mainly used in recent empirical studies about ethical leadership,cannot enable people to have inner motivation to behave ethically.Accordingly,this article intends to establish an ethical leadership model in China by appealing to Conflician virtue ethics.A Confucian ethical leader possesses benevolence(ren仁)inside and treats others in a proper way according to ritual and rites(li禮).He/she makes self-cultivation as the first priority and is a virtuous role model,influencing others in a natural way by of his/her moral charisma.For such a person,economic profitableness is not a primary concern,where instead the goals,strategies and practices of his/her organization are defined by the principle of righteousness(yi義).
文摘The goals of this overview is to discuss the ethics of telling the patient the truth, with some historical backgrounds and it is importance in medical practice, Justifying Less than Full Disclosure in some situations in which the truth may have a terrible impact on the occasional patient, and the influence of the culture on the health care professionals attitudes towards telling the patient the truth. Conclusion: The health care professionals need more awareness, and training in ethics of veracity and also in the communication skills especially in the context of breaking bad news in telling the patient the truth about diagnosis, treatment outcomes, and prognosis of any serious illness.
文摘Teachers play an important role in society,whose career is considered to be the most glorious one under the sun.They have deep and lifelong influence on students and the prosperity of a country and even the bright future of the whole world.Teacher should be a person with great virtue that sets good examples for the students.However,nowadays,there exist various problems about teacher’s ethics due to complex social,economical,cultural or personal issues.It’s urgent and imperative for teachers to learn and improve professional ethics to be a better mentor.This paper begins with the definition of ethics,emphasizes the importance of teachers’professional ethics,talks about current situation in this area,analyzes the reasons why there are immoral problems about teachers and suggests some practical strategies on how to improve it.
文摘The proposed paper presents an overview on the matter of virtue from different philosophical angles. It concentrates on three different schools of thought coming from the West and the East and their respective concepts of virtue. These schools of thought and the therewith-associated personalities and works discussed in this paper are Aristotelian virtue ethics, Confucianism and Daoism. The paper focuses specifically on the Nicomachean Ethics （NE） by Aristotle, the Analects belonging to Confucianism, and the Dao De Jing coming from Daoism. The paper is divided into three major parts. First, the concept of virtue of each school is outlined. In the second part, the concrete virtues as such according to each school are explained. In the third part, these virtues are then applied in specific business contexts like business practice, corporate culture and leadership, illuminating each school＇s characteristic approach. The paper closes with a summary and conclusion. In the conclusion the paper outlines differences as well as similarities between Aristotelian and Confucian virtue ethics. Yet, the author generally takes a critical stance towards comparisons merely for the sake of finding similarities. Particularly between Aristotelian and Confucian virtue ethics there is a significant difference when it comes to the cultural and historical background of these schools, which should not be ignored. Besides, even within Chinese philosophy there are already significant differences when it comes to concepts and practice.
文摘This paper argues that rather than looking to the past for a previously developed set of traditional values and virtues we should instead look to the past for ways of thinking about morality and ethics which may be found in the ＂tradition＂ and which may also be relevant for the contemporary situation. It examines the causes of the disconnection between traditional ways of thinking and the contemporary situation at two levels： the marginalization of morality and the disarray in ethics. Both aspects are found to be rooted in the emergence of the empirical scientific differentiation of consciousness. The paper then goes on to ask what resources in the tradition may be found to overcome the gap between ancient and modem, or traditional and contemporary, ways of thinking about morality and ethics. The contemporary relevance of the thought of Bernard Lonergan to this issue is examined.
文摘Purpose:Care is a core concern for early childhood education and care(ECEC)institutions.Care may be understood as a basic form of interaction and a foundational need for human beings.For these reasons,care also presents challenges for ECEC staff.The staff must seek practical solutions to problems that philosophers have raised on a theoretical basis concerning ethical traditions,such as the ethics of care.These are the problems of justice,parochialism,and self-sacrifice.Design/Approach/Methods:This article develops a theory concerning the ethics of care in ECEC institutions.The theory is informed by qualitative interviews with ECEC teachers reflecting on their caring practices.The study is therefore located at the intersection of normative ethics and applied ethics.In seven in-depth interviews,the informants discussed how to create a caring ECEC environment that is fair and possible to maintain over time.Findings:Through analyzing the interviews,I found that caring practices that work toward these ideals can be described as sustainable care.These practices take care of all the children and provide the staff with opportunities to regain the strength they need to create a caring and educating setting.
