The Ethical Thought Of Modern Neo-Confucianism And Modern Moral Education.

The ethical thought of Modern Neo-Confucianism was established when the western influence was extending to the east, the traditional values were decomposed and Chinese cultures were on the decline. The ethical thought of Modern Neo- Confucianism which was based on traditional Confucianism tried to combine western ethical theories and it represents the efforts to save social ethic and to restore the ethic of Confucianism. The ethical thought of modern neo- Confucianism is both extensive and profound, combining the expounding and advocating of traditional ethic, the retrospection of modern ethic and the restoration of new ethic. It is based on tradition while facing the world and the future and it is an important part in modern ethnics. To sum up and explore the ethical thought of Modern Neo- Confucianism from the perspective of 21 century is helpful to the future development of the ethical thought of Modern Neo- Confucianism and more helpful for us to establish social moral education with Chinese characteristics. The establishment of modern moral education is guided by Marxism, establishing itself in the critical inheritance of the essence of traditional ethical culture representative of Confucianism, drawing on the useful thought of Modern New- Confucianism, broadly assimilating the advantages of human ethical culture in the world and combing the practices of Chinese moral construction. So the thesis tries to excavate the ethical thought of Modern New- Confucianism on the basis of which it tries to explore the implication useful to modern moral education and propose some hypothesis on the construction of modern moral education theory from the implications. The whole thesis is divided into three parts.In the first part, the thesis tries to excavate the ethical thought of the Modern Neo- Confucianism . First the definition of Modern Neo- Confucianism and Modern Neo- Confucian is specified. Secondly, the forming background is analyzed. Then the basic contents are excavated and induced from three aspects: the restoration of moral idealism, the excavation of "returning to the nature and exploring the new" of ethic and the proposal of new ethic thoughts. Lastly, the features are analyzed according to the induced contents. In the second part, the relationship between the ethical thought of Modern Neo- Confucianism and modern moral education is discussed. Firstly the thesis analyzes the modern social moral crisis, thinking that the lack of modern social morals in a great degree is due to the low efficiency or the lost of efficiency of moral education. Secondly, The thesis excavates some implications of Modern Neo- Confucianism on modern moral education: modern moral education needs strengthening moral belief, restoring spiritual homestead, coordinating scientific education and humane education, paying attention to humanism spirit, excavating universal morals, strengthening the education of universal ethic, setting the subjective education, emphasizing the moral experiencing way. Finally, the influence of the ethical thought of Modern Neo- Confucianism on practice is discussed . The influence on practice show that Modern Neo- Confucianism has far-reaching impact on the times.In the third part, the thesis puts forward some assumptions which are based on the implications of Modern Neo- Confucianism on modern moral education. Firstly the principals are put forward: the unity of nationality and internationalism; the ideal and reality; era and tradition. Secondly the assumptions on the construction of modern moral education are put forward from four aspects: treating traditional ethical cultures correctly, assimilating the essence of western ethical education first; setting the values system of modern moral; restoring the system of school moral education; realizing the combination of idealism and reality, returning to the life foundation.