The Distinction of the Sense of Justice between Western & Chinese Societies and Its Effect on Regulatory Ethics
- VernacularTitle:中西方公正观差异对制度伦理的影响
- Author:
Jing WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
The Sense of Justice;
Regulatory Ethics;
Effect
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
1995;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This article discusses the variation process of the sense of justice in western and traditional Chinese society,and its effect on regulatory ethics.Western regulatory ethics takes "making use of evil to restrain evil" as its regulatory principle,whose purpose is "to increase goodness by evil",while Chinese regulatory ethics employs "taking goodness in restraining evil" as its regulatory principle.The Chinese regulatory ethics puts morality in the first place,using morality to replace regulatory systems.The distinctions of cultures and the sense of justice between western and Chinese societies cause the different viewpoints in relevant systems and regulations.
