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Social Ethics in a Changing China (Hardback)  | Released: 09 Oct 2015

By: John Thornton (Author)   Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

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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... Read More

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Author:

John Thornton

Publisher Name:

Brookings Institution Press

Language:

English

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(Hardback)

About The Book
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.Contents1. Reconstructing China's Social Ethics2. Historical and Sociological Origins of Chinese Cultural Norms3. The Transformation of Ethics and Morality in the PRC4. China's Ongoing Moral Decay?5. Ethical Discourse in Reform Era China6. Chinese Ethical Dialogue with the West and the WorldAbout the Author: He Huaihong, one of the most influential ethicists in present-day China, is a professor of philosophy at Peking University in Beijing.Cheng Li, director and senior fellow of the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings, is author of the upcoming book, Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era: Reassessing Collective Leadership (Brookings, 2016).John L. Thornton is cochairman of the board of trustees at the Brookings Institution and professor and director of global leadership at Tsinghua University.

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