The Analysis Of Liang Qichao's Utilitarianism Political Ethics Thought

This article is for the purpose of systematically making comprehensive inspection. Strictly said, there have no political ethics thought in the ancient times of China, only ethics political thinking. Under complex society background, influenced by Bentham and Mozi's utilitarianism thought enormous, Liang Qichao has constructed the political ethics thought, and take the utilitarianism as the basic idea. This has the biggertheory significance and the practical significance. The full text has four parts besides the introductory remarks:The first part elaborates on history political ethics views and basic characteristics of Liang Qichao's Political ethics thougut. Political ethics is moral idea of Political main body and moral attribution of political system and so on, which influenced by some basic ethics views, in order to realize certain political ideal and political order. Said strictly, there had no political ethics thought in Chinese ancient, only ethical politics thinking. But in the west, the main political ethics is contract ethics, taking Hobbes, Locker and Rousseau as representative. Life, freedom and equality are core values. Hang Qichao's utilitarianism political ethics thought take the utilitarianism as basic idea.The second part elaborates thebackground and origin of Liang Qichao's utilitarianism political ethics thought. Had pondered complex society reality thoroughly, he said the present China is in the transition times, which needs different moral characters. Influenced by Bentham and Mozi's utilitarianism and the characteristics of the transition times, Liang Qichao absorbed and developed the basic category and concepts. which emphasize the utility to saves the nation and take the country's benefits as the first principle.The third part is the main body of the text, discussing Liang Qichao's utilitarianism political ethics thought. The main aspects includ political persons, powerful persons, the new citizens and political party have different morality, political authority should take the public good as basic value by analyzing the administrative power and legislative power. On the political operation, Liang Qichao emphasizes the efficiency and order, wanting to change the traditional political operating pattern and build Constitutional monarchy system to save Political deterioration. Besides, Liang Qichao take the country's benefits as the rift prinple in the transition times, but in the Peaceful Datong times, all the people's benefits shoud be in the first position.The last part is the valuation of Liang Qichao's utilitarianism political ethics thought. It has some certain historical roles in modem times. Experienced and observed the political development, he structured the political ethics thought according to political changes. Systematically structure of political ethics thought making traditional political ethics thought into a new development stage. Besicides, reasonly grasp the basic characterstics of political ethics thought declaring the development direction. But there also have some big limitations: one-side emphasis on morality to save the nation making his political ethics thought escapism, separation from society reality in the modern China, unablity to take root in the Chinese society; Widespread model ancient and modern thoughts in China and abroad enable his political ethics thought to have mixes together the nature; Takes goal of utility highly to cause his political ethics thought have some contradictions, lacks the continuity and the uniformity. Although so, its utilitarianism political ethics thought has an greater value to establishment and development of socialism political ethics: Political ethics thought and social background bidirectionalconsideration - rational premise of establishing and appraising political ethical thought; Under Marxism instruction many kinds of political ethics thought fusion - essential way of establishing and developing socialism political ethics; Unification of Utility and unutility- key of establishing and developing socialism political ethics.On research method, being guided by historical materialism, read Liang Qichao's books in a great quantity, the author want to conect description with analysis.The author makes efforts to two aspects, one is to grasp Liang Qichao's utilitarianism political ethics thought systematically, the other is striving to fix position in the utilitarianism, trying to study from a brand-new visual angle.Because of little learning and limited ability, the article returns many defects. Such as little excavating majestic works of Liang Qichao, in addition, there has no common acceptance of "Liang Qichao's utilitarianism political ethics thought" in academic circles, and so on, there are possibily a few assertive farfetched conclusions in writing process, which will be my driving force and direction continuing making great efforts in the days to come, expecting to make great progress.