Start Date
12-6-2009 10:30 AM
End Date
12-6-2009 11:00 AM
Description
China is rising aiming at the status of a great power. Yet internally the Chinese society is troubling with by various kinds of crimes. Statistical figures reflect that the rise of economy accompanies the rocketing of crime rate in the last decade. Hu Jin Tao called for the building of Morality in 2003. Traditionally, religion has been the reservoir of morality, but China does not invite religion to be the partner in helping the building of Morality. This paper discusses why the effect is very limited in China’s campaign of building morality when it works by selectively choosing its partner for its own convenience without going to religion which is the reservoir of principles, values and morality.
Recommended Citation
Leung, B. (2009, June). Morality and religion in China’s rise. Paper presented at Conference on "Improving the Human Destiny", Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
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Morality and religion in China’s rise
China is rising aiming at the status of a great power. Yet internally the Chinese society is troubling with by various kinds of crimes. Statistical figures reflect that the rise of economy accompanies the rocketing of crime rate in the last decade. Hu Jin Tao called for the building of Morality in 2003. Traditionally, religion has been the reservoir of morality, but China does not invite religion to be the partner in helping the building of Morality. This paper discusses why the effect is very limited in China’s campaign of building morality when it works by selectively choosing its partner for its own convenience without going to religion which is the reservoir of principles, values and morality.