Study On Ethical Concern For Vulnerable Groups In Transforming Society Of China

It is of great importance to express ethical concern for vulnerable groups in the era of building a harmonious society. On the one hand, it involves the freedom, harmony, and overall development of vulnerable groups, and it is a guarantee for vulnerable groups to free themselves from the vulnerable positions and to emerge into the main society. On the other hand, it also promotes the good interactions between vulnerable groups and other social groups, which is a necessity of achieving social harmony. This dissertation grounds the study of ethical concern for vulnerable groups in the background of a transforming society in China, explores a fundamental theory and practice of ethical concern for vulnerable groups, employing research methodology of moral sociology based on the multidisciplinary crossing perspectives of ethics, sociology, politics and so on, adhering to the combination of theory and practice, the unification of historical analysis and logical deduction and the cross-reference of empirical analysis and normative research, and tries to construct a system of ethical concern for vulnerable groups, conforming to the Chinese situation and the transforming China.Ethical concern takes "human being is purpose" as orientation and scale, and it is a deep care which affirms human dignity and living conditions in accordance with humanity. The "ethics" of ethical concern is embodied not only in means and methods of care, but also in content of care. Analyzed from three aspects of human "being", ethical concern has three dimensions which are material, spiritual and ethical, on which ethical concern for vulnerable groups must be based. Analyzed from the ethical responsibility, the responsibility subjects of ethical concern for vulnerable groups involves the governments, the society and the individuals of vulnerable groups, among which the governments and the society are the indispensable external factors for changing the weak positions of vulnerable groups. The individuals of vulnerable groups play a critical role in the practice process of the concern. Analyzed from means of the concern, ethical concern for vulnerable groups must stick to the humanitarianism principle, the fair-inclined principle and the development, and care about and support the vulnerable groups to improve their free, harmonious and overall development. Analyzed from the moral practice of the concern, ethical concern for vulnerable groups should adhere to the policy orientation that takes being as the core, development as the objective, rights as the guarantee, and dignity as the purpose. Among these, ethical aid is a good way of sustaining dignity of vulnerable groups and of realizing the deep needs of ethical concern for vulnerable groups. Concerning the approach option of ethical aid, this paper discusses the value, importance and strategies and methods of ideological and moral education in ethical aid to vulnerable groups.