Study On Rousseau' Political Ethics Thought

Political ethics in the present China has been more and more often talked about,in such a situation,learn from political ethics resources of the west,It is necessary to promote the transformation of our political ethics from tradition to modern.Rousseau is a genius politician with penetrating eyes,fresh view and deep mind.The poor personalities and rough personal experiences have made Rousseau become third-levels' spokesperson.Rousseau provided spiritual strength and theoretical support for the French Revolution,His writings provided a new world view for the field of thought,he shook the feudal monarchy and theological political ethics which used the Catholicism as the spiritual pillar.His political ethic thought advocate the study of society by man.He has published a lot of groundbreaking theories at the beginning of western modernity.The rich connotations of his political ethic thoughts have made these theories flourish for hundreds of years.Rousseau's political ethic thought is mainly composed of four parts:Natural state of ethics which representing his political ethic's moral foundation and the lowest standard of human life,People's sovereignty ethics which representing his political subject ethics,national and government theory which representing his political system ethics,Freedom and equality theory which representing his ultimate pursuit of political ethic thought.Rousseau's natural state follows the principle of self-preservation which conforms to individualism and principle of sympathy which conforms humanitarianism and altruism.Rousseau judges social system and social people's living state by the lowest standard of natural life conforming these two principles Rousseau's natural state ethic provides a good social,institutional and legal standard,by natural person's mouth criticize social ills.His political subject ethics and political system ethics clearly defined the rights and responsibilities of the state,the government,the sovereign and the citizens,and provided a solution to the problem of solving the modern people's strong self-consciousness and making the relationship between the individual and the society complex.Equality and freedom is the eternal pursuit of the people,Rousseau provide a strong theoretical support to achieve freedom and equality.Modern Western political ethics pay more and more attention to the rights of individuals,it breaking through with obligations-based classical political ethics,established the individual rights-based modern Western political ethics.Rousseau's thought which transfer identity ethics to contract ethics provides an ethical basis for the development of individual rights.