The Research Of American Contemporary Character Education Based On Virtue Ethics

The aim of ideological political education is to forge a kind of personalities, which is to let a person choose his life freely. Such kind of Education is originated from one’s behavior, formed in his habits, companied with sentiment, supported by sense, internalized in his moral character, sublimated in his beliefs, embodied with his ideals. As the middle implementing level of ideological political education, the cultivation of moral character has most influence on guiding’natural’man’s internal behavior and forging social human according to identification of political value, which will urge a person’s behavior corresponding with social rules.Today the true fact is that the world is deeply influenced by multi-cultural value. China has had to face the challenge of multi-culture and multi-value during the periods of modern building process, there being a serious social and educational problem---how to developing character education. There is such a kind of research direction of the contemporary ideological moral education in China, how to create new model of modern moral education in social realities according to dealing with the problems of modern ethics correctly under the situations with multi-value. The United States as the predecessor of the development of modern societies, has been facing the dilemma of moral crisis in the global fields under the situations of contemporary character education considering with getting rid of the stale and bring forth the fresh with the hope of influencing the global world. The thesis researched the contemporary character education based on virtue ethics, which discussed the deep social fountain and the deep rules in American traditional character education. The author designed a kind of new moral education norms in the multi-cultural and multi-valued society on the basis of philosophy thinking, which may support a thinkable pattern for Chinese realities.The main body part of this dissertation consists of four chapters as follows:Introduction includes the following parts:the origin of the research, the proposal of the question, the purpose and significance of the research, literature review, the methodology of the study.etc. In addition, the relevant concept of virtue, character and character education will be interpreted in this part.Chapter one:Philosophical Paradigm of Character Education:Virtue Ethics. In light of virtue ethics, this part will discuss if virtue can be taught, if it is necessary to teach and how to teach based on virtue education and so on.Chapter two:Appeal of Virtue Ethics on American Contemporary Character Education. In this part, what will be studied fall into two parts:virtue ethics origin of American character education and modern character education pursuing for the virtue ethics. Meanwhile, after reflecting the decline of modern character education, this dissertation will analyze its virtue ethics basis so as to ensure the modern value of regression of character education.Chapter three:Implementation Scheme of Virtue on American Contemporary Character Education. In terms of American moral education suffering from modern ethics dilemma, core category of American modern character education will be destructed from three following dimensions:the core virtue construction of character education movement, construction of moral community and social security construction. Furthermore, from the perspective of virtue ethics, the emergence, development and changes of contemporary character education will be studied.Chapter four:Virtue Enlightenment of American Contemporary Character Education. Based on the theoretical and practical analysis of previous chapters on American modern character education, it will illustrate sollen and necessity of the consensus construction on core moral and approach construction on virtue education. Meanwhile, this part will refer to the questions once more that are proposed in introduction. Conclusion will summarize the former content, make a complement and point out the deficiency. Combing the recent research, this part will enhance the research meaning.The innovation of this dissertation lies in the unique perspective. Although our country boasts5000years history of civilization and3000years history of moral education, most of modern moral education conceptions borrow from western theories. In order to make full use of others’ strength to fulfill and perfect ourselves, smoothly face the Diversification and globalization and realize the sustainable development and establishment of civil society, it is necessary to deepen this research and learn from the modern western moral education.