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What is the meaning of morality?

Morality is people's systematic understanding and view of the relationship between themselves, others and the world. Belongs to the category of social ethics. The concept of morality in China's traditional philosophy mainly refers to the traditional morality based on Confucianism. Morality is a code of conduct and norm based on ideology in people's daily life. Morality is not an iron dogma, and there is no written law to regulate morality. Simply put, it is the unwritten rules of social groups.

Morality is people's systematic understanding and view of the relationship between themselves, others and the world. Belongs to the category of social ethics. The concept of morality in China's traditional philosophy mainly refers to the traditional morality based on Confucianism. Morality is a code of conduct and norm based on ideology in people's daily life. Morality is not an iron dogma, and there is no written law to regulate morality. Morality is generally propagated by public opinion or a certain class ideology, which constitutes a certain order and plays a binding role in people's lives. Simply put, it is the unwritten rules of social groups.

Interpretation of connotation:

According to the Encyclopedia of Ethics, morality is a general understanding and systematic view of social moral phenomena and moral relations. It is closely linked with people's world outlook and outlook on life, which complement each other.

According to the Dictionary of Ethics, morality refers to the understanding and viewpoint of morality. Most of them refer to the understanding and views on all moral phenomena. People always observe and understand all kinds of social morality from the standpoint of certain social status and specific interests. Therefore, people of different societies and classes must have different moral values.