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Double connotations of “morality” in the concept of rule by morality

Wei Lin

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Carrying on the policy of rule by not only require government officials of all levels have official morality, but also require civil citizens have civil morality. Official is the crux of rule by whereas civil is the base of it. In practice, we should avoid two kinds of tendencies, one is to require civil citizens to have official morality, the other is to understand rule by morality as educating only the civil citizens.

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Carrying on the policy of rule by not only require government officials of all levels have official morality, but also require civil citizens have civil morality. Official is the crux of rule by whereas civil is the base of it. In practice, we should avoid two kinds of tendencies, one is to require civil citizens to have official morality, the other is to understand rule by morality as educating only the civil citizens.

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Carrying on the policy of rule by not only require government officials of all levels have official morality, but also require civil citizens have civil morality. Official is the crux of rule by whereas civil is the base of it. In practice, we should avoid two kinds of tendencies, one is to require civil citizens to have official morality, the other is to understand rule by morality as educating only the civil citizens.

Key concepts: Morality, Law, Political science, Rule of law, Government (linguistics), Civil society, Sociology, Philosophy

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