Marx And Engels’s Collectivism Moral Thought And Its Contemporary Value

As our country is moving from planned economic system into market economic system, people also begin their ideological shift in values and their social values are transforming from singleness to diversity. Moreover, the boost of economic globalization dominated by developed capitalist countries and the resulting rapid expansion of capitalist societies’individualism concept are challenging the collectivism morality which cause some social members suspicion, critique and negation of collectivism. Given this situation, it is crucial to emphasize, develop collectivism and correct the misunderstandings on collectivism. The collective moral value of Marx and Engel is the significant component of their moral ism and an integral part of Marxism’ethical thought. Thus, an overall investigation on Marx and Engels’s collectivism moral thought is beneficial to forming a new recognition and grasp of the true connotation of collectivism, building a harmonious situation that socialist marketing economy and collectivism values can coexist and develop together and also demonstrating the correctness and scientificity of collectivism as our socialist ethics’basic principle. This thesis will systematically analyze and summarize the theoretical origin, connotation and implementation model of Marx and Engels’ s collectivism moral thought, and based on that, the thesis will focus on deepening the exploration on feasible ways to combine collectivism moral thought and the current commercial society as well as the informational society. It aims to perfect and develop the process of adapting collectivism to Chinese conditions and also provide ideological guarantee and intellectual impetus for building our socialist economy and ethics. This thesis can be mainly divided into the following three parts:the first part analyzes the generating conditions of Marx and Engels’s collectivism moral thought. From the perspective of modern capitalism’s progress and social reform, the first part will introduce the historical background and theoretical sources of Marx and Engels’s collectivism moral thought which indicates the necessity and importance of rebuilding the collectivism moral thought; the second part states the main content of Marx and Engels’s collectivism moral thought. It is a major theory elaboration on the connotation, main content and implementation model of Marx and Engels’s collectivism moral thought, revealing the scientific connotation of Marx and Engels’s collectivism moral thought; the third part expounds the contemporary value of Marx and Engels’s collectivism moral thought. And it demonstrates, in terms of theoretical and practical values, the epic meaning of adhering to Marx and Engels’s collectivism moral thought under the condition of socialist marketing economy.