Traditional Ethics and Contemporary Society of China

Guojie Luo (1928 - 2015, Henan Province, China) was a professor, doctoral supervisor and honorary president of Chinese ethics in the Philosophy Department of Renmin University of China. He once served as a member of the second philosophy discipline appraisal of the academic degree committee of the State Council, a convener of the third and fourth philosophy discipline appraisal group and a vice president of Renmin University of China. The main research directions are ethical principles, Chinese traditional ethics and ideological and moral education. His main works include Luo Guojie's collection of works, governing the country by virtue and the construction of citizen's morality, moral education and value orientation, ethics (chief editor), etc. He has published more than 300 papers in people's daily, Guangming Daily, philosophy research and other newspapers and magazines.

• Preface.- Introduction.- The Ethics Thought of the Western Zhou Dynasty with the Duke of Zhou's "respecting morality and protecting the people" as the core.- Founder of Confucianism--Confucius's ethical thought with "benevolence" as the core.- Ethical Thought in Mohism of Impartial Care and Equal Emphasis on Righteousness and Interest.- Development of Confucius's Ethical Thought by Mencius and the Debate with Gaozi.- Taoist Ethics of "Nonaction" and "Detached from Righteousness and Benefit".- The Ethical Thought of Legalism of "Benefit over Righteousness".- The Ethical Thoughts of Xun Kuang, the Representative Ethicist of Pre-Qin Dynasty.- Systematization of Confucian Ethics -- Ethical thoughts in Book of Rites and Book of Filial Piety.- Dong Zhongshu's Theological Demonstration of Confucian Ethics.- The Improvement of Confucian Ethics Norm System and the Establishment of Its Orthodox.- Criticism of Theological Ethics.- Ethical Thoughts of Neo-Confucian.- Traditional Ethics and Moral Development.- Moral Development and Governance.-  Conclusion.