Volume 68, 2018
Philosophy of Values
Maotang Dai
Pages 45-47
Social Virtue and the Publicity of Morality
The centre of moral construction is the social virtue in the times of universal interaction. Social virtue can be defined as a combination of the morality of the public and the public universal morality. Social virtue, broadly speaking, refers to everyone and it has two aspects: positive and negative one. A positive aspect means that everyone has to accept the moral obligation as a kind of minimal requirement. A negative one shows that no one is permitted to destroy the public activity. The moral construction of citizens, should respect the individual freedom. Therefore, the issue of social virtue is the issue of human nature.