Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) ›› 2007, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 61-67.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2007.04.013

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The Institutional Good Virtue and the Civil Good Virtue——Two Cornerstones of Building a Harmonious Society

Wei-hong CHEN1, Yan HUANG2   

  1. 1. Department of Social Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, Shanghai 201620, China
    2. College of Humanities, Hangzhou University of Elecric Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • Received:2007-05-12 Online:2007-07-25 Published:2007-07-25

Abstract:

The institutional virtue of goodness finds expression in justice.The institutional justice is requisite to building up a harmonious society.Besides that, it is necessary to cultivate citizens' virtue of goodness.First, a just social system is the foundation and guarantee of developing civil virtues; however, the system itself is to be made and carried out by particular persons with certain virtues.Second, the rigid, universal social system and individual, elastic civil virtue can be complementary to each other.When a society gains supports of institutional and civil virtues, it may reach a relatively good harmonious state.

Key words: justice, good virtue, harmony

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