Belief Crisis And Value Choice

Belief crisis is a common phenomenon in modern society. Belief,the ultimate value choice guiding the spiritual mechanism creating value sources,plays an irreplaceable role in the spiritual activities and self-development of human beings. Thus,discussing the cause,root,essence and solution of belief crisis becomes a research subject of significant realistic and theoretical meanings.In the conflicts of multi-values,modern humans,based on the materialized value standard and practical value goal,abandon the care of ultimate value and result in belief crisis accordingly. The egoism,the mentality and value of humans to deal with themselves and the world developed from rational enlightenment,has determined the way of existence and value choice of modern people. It is the essential root of belief crisis and has made value choice conflict the essence belief crisis.The value goal,i.e. the ultimate value of human beings lies in the realization of human essence. The criterion of value choice should be conformed to the principle that goal and rule should be uniform. The process of human essence realization is the process of the realization of the ultimate value care. It is still a process of historical development of humans with goals and rules unified as well as a solution process of belief crisis. In the realistic social practice,we could provide plausible solutions of the crisis by optimizing social environment and strengthening personal responsibility.