Moral Relativism And Its Influence On The Moral Construction Of Chinese Citizens

Moral relativism advocates that all kinds of morals are relative,and morals are always relative to the moral norms of different individuals,different societies or different cultural backgrounds.There is no absolute unified moral standard to measure what is good.What is evil.Moral relativism was first produced in ancient Greece,and it has been further developed since the beginning of the20 th century,and has produced a wide range of influences.According to different standards for judging good and evil,moral relativism can be divided into five main factions.However,both in terms of theory and practice,moral relativism has obvious limitations.In theory,moral relativism denies the objective universality of moral standards and splits the dialectical unity of moral relativity and absoluteness,as well as diversity and unity;in practice,moral relativism is not conducive to cross-cultural communication and communication.Cooperation makes moral evaluation impossible,cannot resolve actual moral differences,and may even lead to the danger of moral nihilism.The limitations of moral relativism have caused it to be questioned.In order to deal with the limitations of moral relativism and the doubts it faces,it is necessary to grasp the scientific content of Marxist morality,so as to adhere to the guidance of Marxist morality in analyzing moral issues and promoting moral practice.The influence of moral relativism on the moral construction of our citizens is a process from unobvious to more prominent.In this process,it has positive and negative effects.On the one hand,moral relativism has certain reasonable value in attacking moral dogmatism,enhancing the autonomy and flexibility of moral judgment and moral choice,opposing Western cultural centrism,and promoting equal exchanges.On the other hand,moral relativism,which advocates the particularity and diversity of moral evaluation and moral choice,is bound to cause devastating damage to the establishment of citizens’ collective consciousness and moral consensus,and adversely affect the construction of citizens’ morality.These adverse effects mainly include:causing social moral indifference and moral belief crisis,leading to value conflicts and lack of professional ethics bottom line,weakening of family ethics and morality,resulting in extreme individualism and self-interest.Therefore,we should adhere to a dialectical perspective to view moral relativism,and maintain a comprehensive and clear understanding of its reasonable significance and negative effects.Compared with the one-sided view of moral relativism,which only affirms relativity and denies unity,my country’s socialist core values pay attention to value diversity while also emphasizing the unity behind it,which embodies the unity of value diversity and unity.It embodies the unity of the value consensus with Chinese characteristics and the common value appeal of all mankind,and is the transcendence and progress of moral relativism.Therefore,upholding the mainstream value status of socialist core values is a powerful countermeasure to overcome the negative influence of moral relativism.The construction of civic morality in the new era should be guided by the mainstream values of the core socialist values,clarify the moral consensus of the whole society and the standards of moral evaluation,and at the same time respect the main status of the people in civic moral construction.