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Max Weber’s Economic Ethics Thought And Its Reference

Posted on:2016-02-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L RenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2309330461971778Subject:Basic principles of Marxism
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Germany famous sociologists and economists Max Weber not only for his work in academia, initiated "business ethics" is a new area of research, and as a conscious effort to study the relation between economy and ethics the first evening. Weber’s greatness lies not only in his concluding argument with alarming predictability and correctness, but also his unique perspective of looking at things and thinking about problems and related research in the field of comparative methods of meaning. This paper analyses study on Max Weber’s the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism as well as the two books of Confucianism and Taoism, and refer to the other books to Max Weber’s economic ethics thought. This paper consists of three parts:First part describes the major background of Max Weber’s economic ethics thought and its main content. This chapter introduces the social and historical background of the formation of Weber’s economic ethics thought and ideological origins, followed from the formation of the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism, reason, and Eastern States have failed to develop a rational capitalism are two aspects of the reasons described, focuses on Weber’s Protestant ethic of duty concept, predestination, asceticism, and traditionalist characteristics of economic ethics thought of Confucianism.Second part main on Weber economic ethics thought for has rational analysis, first certainly has Weber economic ethics thought of glitter and value where, a is Protestant ethics thought on social economic of development up to has promoting and constraint role; second is rational of capitalism spirit is promoted economic development by must of spirit power, Weber think this spirit even than simple of capital accumulation also to important; three is Confucian thought exists with must of limitations, for social development up to has must of hinder role. Second also reveals has Weber thought in the of defects and ills where, a is Weber one-sided exaggerated has Protestant ethics of role, inverted has economic and superstructure Zhijian of relationship; second is Weber excessively landscaping has capitalism spirit, easy makes people ignored capitalism potential of crisis and its itself greed profit of inherent property; three is Weber due to its by at of era limitations and contact information of not integrity, makes its in for China Confucian culture of views Shang has lost biased.Part three is not only the difficulty is where innovation, focused on Max Weber’s economic ethics thought and traditional Chinese Confucian ethics of rational enlightenment for the construction of the Socialist market economy. First chapter introduced has China current by exists of economic ethics problem; second exploration has Confucian traditional economic ethics thought with Weber of economic ethics thought Zhijian of communicates of at; last again combines Weber of economic ethics thought of rationality connotation and traditional Confucian thought in the by contains of rational of of thought factors, proposed to China excellent of traditional culture as cornerstone, then established meet China conditions of socialist economic ethics views of requirements.Weber’s views on the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism provides us with a new way of looking at the construction of market economy, in what way is that ethics should be involved in the construction of market economy? In the process of building a socialist market economic system, what ethics we should possess? Confucian ethics for development of the market economy has nothing to learn from them? These are precisely the issues to be discussed in this article.
Keywords/Search Tags:Max Weber, Confucian, Economic, Ethics of market economy
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