Research On Confucian Care Ethics

Confucian care ethics is an ethics based on the keywords‘care',which is integrity and systematization of Confucian ethics spirit.The theoretical source of Confucian care ethics we advance can be traced back to legend history of ancient Chinese where a few written records.The original virtue legends—especially about Yao and Shun—express 'blur care awareness',which Constitute the original image of Confucian care ethics.This 'Blur care awareness' growing with the turning of the humanities between Yin and Shang Dynasties and developed a care ethics until Confucius.In terms of ideological content,Confucian care ethics is an ethics based on moral sentiment with agent.The care of Confucian largely is a expression of moral emotions and moral spirit.For Confucian,the agent must keep moral sensitivity,compassion and kindness to others,rather than apathetic,indifferent,these all appeal to human moral emotions.As to the pattern of Confucian care ethics,it show a style of 'the structure of grade'(????),that is based on the moral emotions of human,then expanding outward——love closers,then strangers,then all things——like a wave,we called it 'care of grade'.For the ultimate care,Confucian maintain the relation from oneself to others,trying to give transcendence significance to our life.In fact,the 'the structure of grade'(????)of Confucian care ethics is an expression of emotional relationship,and a formed a kind of moral relations from the agent to behavior object,showing the pursuit of good endlessly and consciously,it's a kind of positive moral spirit and moral attitude.If leave the relationship in certain moral situation,we will find the caring pointing and caring attitude will be more obvious,and a certain tension,showing a relationship between structure of multi-level.These relationships enables us to understanding of the value of the Confucian ethical care broadly.Then,we compare the Confucian care ethics and religious care ethics,Although like western care ethics,Confucian care ethics also committed to building harmonious interpersonal relations,Confucian care ethics more highlights the character and quality of behavior,and not just rely on the relationships between care-givers and care-receivers to maintain the moral ideal.The fundamental characteristic of religious care ethics is to get the bliss by god as a final safeguard and its different from Confucian care ethics in fundamental properties,the power and value purport.At the same time,we criticize the Confucian care ethics lacking detailed analysis of situation and moral idealism severely.At last,we try to explore the practical value of Confucian care ethics focus on the Chinese social life and the world social life,analyzing its moral values relying on the main content of Confucian care ethics.