On Duty And Responsibility To Educate

Mora1 responsibi 1ity ls not on1y an ancient and key category inethics, but a1so a Dractica1 and urgent matter in the dai1y 1if e. Thediscussion abOut and emphasis on responsibi 1 ity constitute the maintheme of Confucian ethics, and ethics centering on responsibi 1 ityevo1ving from the systematic development of western ethics as anindispensable branch. However, in sharD contrast with thesoph1st icated science and techno1ogy and the materia1 prosperity isthe neg1 igence of responsibi 1 i ty, which endangers the exi stence anddeve1opment of man himse1f and his society. Nat ions a11 over the wor1ddecide unanimous1y that strengtheniflg the mora1 educat ion shou1d bethe fundamental strategy to rehabilitate the morality and render thepeop1 e respons ib1e. Whatever mora1 educat ion is di scussed can 't avoidthe education of responsibi 1ity, because mora1 education is to someextent the education of responsibi1ity, whlch intends to teach peop1eto behave responsib1e. If it can be said that the importance ofresponsibi 1 ity makes the education of responsibi 1 ity eterna1, theneg1 igence of responsibi 1ity has caused the education ofresponsibi 1ity to be urgent. Seeing that there have been fewspecia1 ized studies on mora1 responsibi 1 ity and the education of it,this paper asDires to make a compensationa1 study.A great dea1 of e1aboration has been made historica11y on theconnotation of mora1 responsibi 1 ity. Marxi sm ethics, according to thehi storica1 materia1 i sm, ho1ds that individua1 's responsibi 1 ity meansthe requests and regu1ated duties which is decided by man 's activityin materia1 product ion and received from certain society. The authorcons iders that the connotation of mora1 responsibi l ity has gone beyondthe scope of socia1 re1ations and extended to the re1ation between manand nature. In a word, mora1 responsibi1ity is the moral behavior oneshould se1ect and the consequent resu1ts one shou1d answer for. Mora1.respons1bi 1 ity is we11 arranged, ranging from the responsibi 1ity for3onese1f, for other Deop1e, for society, for man and even for natureman 1 i ves w1 th. Mora1 re5pons1b1 1 i ty i s fundamental1y se lf--discipl ineand intends to guide, whose kerne1 is to answer for the resu1 ts. Peop1 eare bound to assume their responsibi1ities, because on the one hand,it serves as the strategy and requirement to harmonize variousre1ations between man, society and nature and enab1es society tofunct ion smooth1y. 0n the other hand, it is one of the aims and importantmeans by which man 1 ives, deve1ops and perfects himse1f. To theindividua1, mora1 responsibi 1 ity is the unity of both utl 1 itarian va1ueand transdenta1 uti l itarian va1ue and ends and means.Thi s paper elaborates on how to bring about responsib1e act ionbased on Phi 1osoDhica1 and psycho1ogi ca1 ana1 izations. ResDonsib1e' act ion is based phi 1osophlcal1y on freedom, which means choosingcertaln action consciously, vo1untari1y and for onese1 f wi th theperception of mora1 necessity. 0n1y freedom can entit1e one to hisresponsibi 1ity. Because freedom gives birth to responsibi 1 ity and addsresponsibi 1 ity to the se1ected action. As to the psycho1ogical study,we take the Swiss psycho1ogist Piaget for examp1e. He worked eminentlyin the microcosmic field of individua1 deve1opment. Furthermore hisstudy revealed the process and mechanism of how one 's responsibi l ityrevo1ves. Fina1ly he conc1uded that mora1 respons1bi 1 ity keeDsdeve1oping from heteronomy and objective responsib i 1 ity to autonomyand subjecti ve responsibi 1 ity, whi 1 e on1 y subject ive resDonsibi l 1 tyi s rea1 responsibi 1 ity. ResDonsibi l 1 ty resu1ts from coordination andcooperat ion, because the emergence of responsibi l i ty requ ires thechi 1dren 's gett ing rid of the se1f--centeredness ': and only throughcoordination and cooperation can thi s process be fu1 fi 11ed.1n fact, we can 't b1ame ent ire1y mor...