On The Moral Construction Of Market Oriented Economy

Content: Ricardo's business ethic thoughts were only serving for the capitalist production. The ethic start of 'satisfying human needs' and the ethic aim of attaining 'the supreme happiness' are his two methods of arguing for capitalism's production. At the same time, in the economic area, he put forward the ethic advocacy of freedom, justice, sincerity and frugality.Ricardo's business ethic thoughts were simply serving for the capitalist production, and he didn't know the relationship between the market-oriented economy and 'man's all-round development as well, which made his business ethics presenting dual character. The first is its historical advance. That is, it stimulates the developments of the productivity and the morals. The second is its historical limitation, specifically showed in two aspects-hypocrisy and one-sidedness. As to its hypocrisy, it seemed as if it had regarded the man as its core. But in fact, the production is its aim, ethic and human being only as the means serving for the production. Its consequence is that man's alienation is difficult to avoid. And the advocacy of liberty and objectivity are castles in the air, which would never be achieved. As to its one-sidedness, he couldn't see through the relationship between the economic activity and the spirit's activity, which doesn't depend on material. He could only spot the external moral behavior criterion's function on economy from the two components of business ethic, and couldn't see through the relationship between the economic behavior subject's inner moral accomplishment and the market-oriented economy. These not only prevent the economic development but also lead to the man's immersed into the mud puddle and unable to extricate from it.From the analysis of Ricardo's business ethic thoughts, first, we know that the business ethic's stimulation on market-oriented economy, which request us to enforce the construction of the ethic moral in the economic field. Meanwhile, the market oriented economy selected consciously in our country and its built up primarily are also claiming us to do it. At the same time, the man's dynamic role and moral independence determine that we can intervene in the moral of the economy. Second, we know that because of Ricardo's not knowing the relationship between the market-oriented economy and 'man's all-round development, he referred to the production as man's purpose, and the business ethic was just the medium serving for the produc:ion, causing man's alienation unavoidable. These thesis points out that the construction of the ethics moral in the economic area should be oriented with the man's all-round development, highly advocating the aim of the business ethic construction, binding the aim to the method. This is also the request of socialist essential. Only under these conditions, can the phenomenon of man's alienation be shaken off earlier.