Research On Contemporary Ethics Of Solders’ Role

Armyman is a special occupation. The role and sense of soldiers are closely related to changes of the situation and environment. For instance, in years of cruel wars or constant internal disorders, the priority facing soldiers is to fight or repress, during which servicemen constantly acted their role as soldiers by means of actively participating, thoroughly understanding their own responsibilities and obligations and making clear of the status and rights belong to them, which actually make it easier to meet the moral standards and ethical expectations required by this profession. However, with the development and alter of the situation and environment, army men’s view on agreeing on their role changes either consciously or unconsciously. Firstly, soldiers hold a blurry and inaccurate opinion in terms of their role; Secondly, the overlook of the army’s function had a passive influence on the acknowledgement of servicemen’s role. Thirdly, contemporary army can be hardly examined by wars since they are trained and educated in this peaceful era, which made it more likely to deviate from the core job and to weaken the sense of the importance of army. Therefore, it becomes rather necessary to research on the ethics of armymen’s role. This essay is to analyse the moral principles of servicemen’s character, reveal the nature of soldiers’ part, and research on the existing problems in their ethical construction under a new situation so as to explore the effective methods and solutions of developing the ethics of modern soldiers’ character with targeted references.This essay sets the armymen’s role as studying object. From a ethics’ perspective, with the utilisation the related theories and methods of ethics and sociology, this essay conducted exploration and research on theoretical and practical problems associated with soldiers’ natural responsibilities and obligations, ethical standards, ethical behaviour modes and soldiers’ ethical construction.This essay includes four parts:The theoretical definition of ethics of servicemen’s role. Based on the concept of character formulation, this part analysed the particularity of soldiers’ part, explained the main characteristics of armymen’s own ethics, illustrated the fact that the ethics of servicemen’s role is on the basis of theories of the construction of army and national defence and is accordance with the social laws, policies and reality.The ethical modes of soldiers’ role. Armymen’s role is a vital social role in national and social life, and they are an armed group who take the burden of political missions and are obligated to defend the motherland and resist invasions, which determined the fact that they are expected to comply with the commands of the Party, be capable of victory and be upright in daily behaviour as well as to distinguish their rights and responsibilities as servicemen and meet the moral standards.The existing problems and causes of the ethics of soldiers’ role. Army men who function in social division of labour is a special group with a special occupation, who obviously differ from other occupational groups in job responsibilities and ethical standards, etc. The losing and wakening of soldiers’ sense with regards to their character results from an inappropriate cognition on the definition of rights and obligations and ethical expectations, which has been proved by the weakening sense of armymen’s role, the denting image, the undisciplined behaviours, and unbalanced attention to the rights and responsibilities. The reasons why this phenomenon occurs are multiple roles played by soldiers, undisciplined daily behaviours, a lack of ethical management, and the influence of the external environment in society.The solutions to enhance the army role’s ethical construction. The integrated economic development nationwide in a new period and stage, is requiring new challenges and changes for servicemen’s role. To reinforce solders’ ethical construction can start with the advocacy of contribution spirit, enhancing the sense of characters,emphasizing the influence of atmospheres, and creating inspiring mechanism, etc, and then stick to principles of governing the army by law and building the army by high standards. Overall, for the sake of meeting the target, it is necessary to enhance the sense of army’s role, manage the ethics of servicemen’s character, and establish and perfect the management system among the army.