An Analysis On The Ethics Of Respecting The Aged And Its Cultivation In Contemporary China

Respecting the aged is the concentrated expression of the Chinese nation's “Jingde”.The so-called “respect”,refers to the attitude and conducts towards the dignity,spiritual values and ethical wisdom of people's elders or the old in the society,based on the the implementation of maintenance and assistance.Respect for the elderly reflects the basic ethical style and ethical values of the people.From a moral point of view,this kind of respect is not only a family morality,but also a social ethics.“Respect” contains the deep awe and respect for the elderly,covers the ethical elements of respecting their legitimate rights and interests as well as the intrinsic value,and concerns about their freedom of conduct,the need for value and dignity.From the beginning of human society,the respect for the aged has been paid more and more attention and become the basic and important category of spiritual value.It has the intrinsic necessity of ethics,which is presented in the process when the old created the material and spiritual wealth for their children and descendants,and accumulated rich and profound moral life experience that can be condensed into the inheritance of moral wisdom.Furthermore,it has the realistic necessity of ethics.With the aging,the elderly are gradually losing the ability to work.Their physical quality isn't good as before,so that they even can not effectively take care of themselves.In such a situation,it is especially important for the younger not to abandon and loathe the elderly,and to give the necessary ethical respect while providing material support.After all,everyone experience the situation from childhood to old or from birth to death.All the human are being in all kinds of social relations in every hour and moment,where the older generation works hard to create this colorful world.The aged reproduce offspring,teach them the basic ability for survival,and cultivate them to make their work to be inherited and developed.As China enters the aging society,the virtue “An old is like a treasure in a house”advocated by people is gradually covered by the bad phenomenon of bullying and abandoning the aged as a burden.The concept of respecting the elderly in people's heart has gradually drifted away.Therefore,it is necessary to vigorously promote and strengthen the ethical spirit of respect for the elderly,and regard it as an important content and the main starting point of contemporary family virtue construction and construction of social morality,in order to form a social custom of respecting the elderly with filial piety in the whole society,and construct the socialist harmonious society and spiritual civilization.The concept of respect the elderly originates from family ethics,which is closely related to filial piety.Confucius pointed out in his reply to the filial piety:“Today's filial piety,is able to raise.But all the animals,have the ability to feed;without respect,what's the difference between them?” That is,filial piety is not only the connotation of support,more importantly,it's the respect for parents.If there is no respect for their parents,then how can we see the difference between people and animals?Therefore,the essence of filial piety is respect.Chinese traditional ethics often combine filial piety with themselves,the two are collaborative.After thousands of years,it has formed a deep moral tradition of respect.Respecting the old is an important part of the traditional Chinese virtues,which has a kind of charm beyond time and space,and it's worthy of being advanced and enriched by our modern.To carry forward the traditional virtues of respect the elderly is an concentrated embodiment of inheriting and developing the excellent traditional culture of china.It is helpful to deepen the study of Chinese traditional ethics,and play a positive role in the construction of family ethics.In the new social situation,we need to combine the actual development of the times with the construction of spiritual civilization to develop innovatively and transform creatively the traditional respect ethics,and make it adapt to the modern spiritual civilization and be consistent with the socialist core values.Building a harmonious socialist society and a harmonious family,we need to cultivate a new ethics about respecting the elderly and filial piety,which will also greatly arch the spirit of China,highlight the Chinese morality,shape the quality of China,and boost China's development.