2008Journal of Beijing Normal UniversityRequires access

Morality and Its Life Meaning

Liu Zhi

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Morality has three aspects of content,namely,moral item,moral character,and moral behavior,all of which embody the three representational forms of morality in daily life.Morality is the essence to happy life.To be specific,moral item helps people obtain their own happiness in moral activities by adjusting interpersonal relationship,including avoiding in- terpersonal conflicts and alleviating the relevant contradiction;moral character controls individual desire,helps and coordi- nates other people,and harmonizes the relationship among one′s own, others′,and hence the social happiness as a whole; moral behavior configures appropriately the relationship between life happiness and moral perfection through good behavioral habits,so people can not only obtain the happiness of the individuals,of others′and of the whole society,but also fulfill their own self--perfection,others′perfection and the whole society′s perfection.

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Morality has three aspects of content,namely,moral item,moral character,and moral behavior,all of which embody the three representational forms of morality in daily life.Morality is the essence to happy life.To be specific,moral item helps people obtain their own happiness in moral activities by adjusting interpersonal relationship,including avoiding in- terpersonal conflicts and alleviating the relevant contradiction;moral character controls individual desire,helps and coordi- nates other people,and harmonizes the relationship among one′s own, others′,and hence the social happiness as a whole; moral behavior configures appropriately the relationship between life happiness and moral perfection through good behavioral habits,so people can not only obtain the happiness of the individuals,of others′and of the whole society,but also fulfill their own self--perfection,others′perfection and the whole society′s perfection.

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Morality has three aspects of content,namely,moral item,moral character,and moral behavior,all of which embody the three representational forms of morality in daily life.Morality is the essence to happy life.To be specific,moral item helps people obtain their own happiness in moral activities by adjusting interpersonal relationship,including avoiding in- terpersonal conflicts and alleviating the relevant contradiction;moral character controls individual desire,helps and coordi- nates other people,and harmonizes the relationship among one′s own, others′,and hence the social happiness as a whole; moral behavior configures appropriately the relationship between life happiness and moral perfection through good behavioral habits,so people can not only obtain the happiness of the individuals,of others′and of the whole society,but also fulfill their own self--perfection,others′perfection and the whole society′s perfection.

Key concepts: Perfection, Happiness, Morality, Social psychology, Psychology, Moral character, Meaning (existential), Moral development

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