A Study Of Engels' Moral Outlook And Its Contemporary Values

Engels' morality is an area that requires special attention.Marx and Engels co-founded Marxism.Because of the modesty of Engels,Marxism was named after Marx,and people's attention to Engels was relatively small.But in general,Engels has its own unique theoretical perspective and contribution in the development of Marxist morality.It is very necessary to re-examine Engels' morality in the new era.With the continuous development of the level of productivity,there are more and more ethical problems in the society.While paying attention to the development of the economy,China must also strengthen the ideological and moral construction that is compatible with economic construction.Studying Engels' morality on the main line of interaction between morality and economy,morality and social development is conducive to strengthening China's cultural soft power,improving citizens' moral standards,and promoting China's economic development.Engels' morality originated from the fierce confrontation between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.With the German classical philosophy and the theory of utopian socialism as the theoretical origin,coupled with Engels' personal family background and personal experience,Engels' morality began to sprout.Taking the interaction between morality and economics,morality and social development as the main line,Engels reveals that morality is the product of economic relations,and morality is produced in the practical activities of people's material exchange.At the same time,morality also has the characteristics of class,history and relative independence,and develops with the development of the times.After revealing the basic content of morality,Engels made a vision of the morality of communist society.He believed that the future communist morality is the ultimate form of moral development and the highest and most scientific morality.In addition,Engels also conducted a detailed study of the moral conditions of the British working class and the moral conditions of the primitive people.He believes that the moral problems of the British working class are inseparable from the economic environment in which they live,and once again reveal that morality is the product of economic relations.At the same time,he also pointed out that the change of the moral status of the primitive nation is inseparable from the form of family marriage.In essence,the change of the mode of social production has triggered changes in moral conditions.Engels' morality has an irreplaceable important position in the Marxist moral theory system.It enriches the connotation of Marxist morality and promotes the development of Marxist morality.Finally,in the face of the moral problems in our society and the urgent need to solve problems,we must exert the contemporary value of Engels' morality,persist in using Engels' morality to solve China's existing moral problems,and insist on using Engels' morality to guide socialist ideological and moral construction.Grasp the interactive relationship between economic construction and ideological and moral construction,and promote the harmonious development of our society.