The relationship between traditional morality and modernization

The construction of socialist morality must be connected with the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, which is the need of the development of the society and the times. In today's world economic globalization and political multi-polarization process, the competition for the survival and development of countries and nations is the competition for comprehensive national strength, but also the competition for cultural national strength. In the course of their vigorous modernization since the 20th century, the developing countries of the world have made great efforts to advocate and promote their own national values and to maintain and carry forward their own fine moral traditions. The establishment and improvement of the socialist market economic system requires the inheritance of the traditional virtues of hard work, courage and self-improvement; the establishment and improvement of socialist democratic politics requires the inheritance of the traditional virtues of "governance by virtue" and "love and compassion for the people"; the construction of socialist culture requires the inheritance of the traditional virtues of "love and compassion for the people"; and the construction of socialist culture requires the inheritance of the traditional virtues of "love and compassion for the people". The construction of socialist culture requires taking over the traditional virtues of "unity of heaven and mankind", "taking care of one's own aged parents and caring for others' aged parents and caring for others' young children", and "worrying about the whole world first and rejoicing in the world's happiness later". "The style of serving the country and the people. A large number of facts of development at home and abroad have proved that traditional morality not only does not affect the modernization of the country, but also has become an important spiritual force for maintaining social order, improving social customs, harmonizing interpersonal relations and enhancing national cohesion. In this sense, in today's multi-polar world pattern, carrying forward the fine moral traditions of the Chinese nation and maintaining its own mainstream values and moral style are the essential requirements for the comprehensive construction of a moderately prosperous society and the realization of socialist modernization in China. The construction of socialist morality must be connected with the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, reflecting the development requirements of socialist morality itself. Moral construction in any era does not come out of nowhere, but has such and such connection with traditional morality. Socialist morality is no exception, it is rooted in the traditional morality of the Chinese nation. However, socialist morality is not a simple affirmation or negation of traditional morality, but a process of removing the rough and extracting the essence. On the one hand, although traditional morality contains the limitations of its time and class, socialist morality is bound to take over those "minimum rules of public **** life which have been repeatedly mentioned in all the codes of conduct for thousands of years" (Lenin's Selected Works, vol. 3, p. 191) and give them a new social content to make them more perfect. On the other hand, the construction of socialist morality must keep abreast of the times and add many new contents in line with the requirements of the times. China's socialist morality is not only the result of the critical inheritance of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, but also the result of the creation and innovation of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. The construction of socialist ideology and morality in the new period should be combined with the requirements of the development of the times, always represent the forward direction of advanced culture, and present unquestionable advancement amidst the mutual agitation of various cultures in the world, which is determined by the nature of morality and by the development of socialist morality in China itself. The construction of socialist morality must be connected with the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, which is also determined by the characteristics of the differences in the subjects of morality. Morality is a special kind of practical activity, and the morality of any era is followed and practiced by real people. The construction of socialist morality, which is in line with the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, should take into account the different abilities and degrees of understanding and comprehension of the moral system itself by different moral individuals in different societies in order to put forward specific requirements and take specific measures. As Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "While encouraging and helping everyone to work hard, we still cannot fail to recognize the differences in the talents and qualities of each individual in the process of growth, and to treat them differently in accordance with the differences, so as to bring everyone as close as possible to the general goal of socialism and ****anism under different conditions." In China's real society, due to the different status and roles of people in socio-economic, political, cultural and other activities, the degree of education received, the differences in cultural heritage and the pursuit of different ideals and other subjective reasons, there are also different levels of moral concepts and moral behavior. Therefore, in the process of strengthening the construction of socialist morality and promoting socialist morality, we should not only vary from person to person and from place to place, but also "change according to the times" and "make according to the events". Historically, any kind of moral system is a fusion of tradition and age, a unification of ideal and reality, and contains components or elements that originate from real life and are higher than real life. The morality that cannot represent or reflect the requirements of the times or the society and the direction of social development will certainly not have vitality, and of course it cannot become a permanent social existence. China's socialist moral construction and the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation to undertake not only reflects the strong vitality of the traditional virtues, but also reflects the new era of moral construction with the times, the quality of the theory of continuous innovation, which is in line with the objective law of moral development.