Definition of moral quality connotation
The word "morality" first appeared in the pre-Qin period in China. In the book Tao Te Ching written by Laozi, Laozi once said: "The Tao is born, the animal is virtuous, the object is shaped, and the potential is successful. It is based on the respect and virtue of all things. The respect of Tao, the preciousness of virtue, and the life of a husband are natural. " "Tao" refers to the common truth of natural operation and the world; And "virtue" refers to human virtue, conduct and kingliness. In ancient China, "Tao" and "virtue" were two different concepts, and the word "virtue" did not exist. The combination of "Tao" and "Morality" is in Xunzi's "Persuading Learning": "Therefore, learning ends with ceremony, and the husband is called the ultimate virtue". In ancient western culture, "morality" originated from Latin "Mores", which means customs and habits. Morality is a unique social attribute of human beings, belonging to social ideology and the category of social superstructure. In modern society, morality is determined by the economic foundation of a specific society and serves a certain social and economic foundation. It is the sum total of the code of conduct and code of conduct that people take good and evil as the evaluation standard in social practice and rely on their inner beliefs, public opinion and traditional habits to adjust the interests between individuals and between individuals and society.
Moral quality is a relatively stable moral quality which is internalized into a person's inner belief on the basis of innate quality and formed through acquired moral education and self-moral cultivation. It is a relatively stable feature and tendency in personal moral behavior, and it is the concrete embodiment of moral principles and norms in a certain society in personal thoughts and behaviors. It consists of moral cognition, moral emotion, moral belief, moral will and moral behavior.
Second, the need to improve the moral quality of ideological and political educators
(A) to enhance the effectiveness of ideological and political education requirements
Strengthening the activity effect of ideological and political education requires not only scientific educational methods and the power of truth, but also ideological and political educators with noble moral qualities. Ideological and political educators are engineers who shape and purify human souls, and they are also demonstrators of social moral norms. Only when ideological and political educators have noble moral qualities can their work be attractive and infectious, and can they guide the educated to develop in the moral direction required by society.
(B) the basic requirements of moral quality of ideological and political educators
As an ordinary citizen, ideological and political educators should have the basic moral requirements of being a qualified citizen, that is, to abide by social morality, professional ethics and family virtues. Social morality refers to the sum of moral norms and corresponding psychological consciousness and behavior activities that all citizens of a society must abide by in order to maintain public life order and adjust the relationship between people, including being polite, being helpful, caring for public property, protecting the environment and abiding by the law. Professional ethics refers to the code of conduct that people engaged in a certain profession should follow in the process of performing their duties, as well as the sum of their psychological consciousness and behavior activities, which requires people to be loyal to their duties, be honest and trustworthy, act impartially, serve the masses and contribute to society. Family morality is formed under certain social and historical conditions, which regulates and restricts family life, family relations and the behavior of family members.
(C) ideological and political educators' own work requirements
Ideological and political educators have their own work requirements and are special. First of all, the work of ideological and political educators belongs to spiritual production activities that are difficult to quantify. It inspires and influences the educated through the words and deeds of the ideological and political educators themselves, and makes them form a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values. Ideological and political educators are the main body of ideological and political education and play a leading role in the process of ideological and political education, which requires ideological and political educators to have higher moral quality. Secondly, the labor tools of ideological and political educators are mainly based on the educators' personal personality. The labor of ideological and political educators is an extremely complicated and subtle spiritual production activity, and its labor tools and means are mainly based on their own personality qualities, such as emotion, will, personality, morality and ability. In the process of education, ideological and political educators influence and infect the educated with their own thoughts and behaviors, and unconsciously influence the educated with their own words and deeds, thus making the educated's thoughts and behaviors change accordingly and achieving the purpose of education. Therefore, noble moral quality, as a powerful educational force, is the quality that ideological and political educators urgently need to improve.
Three ways to improve the moral quality of ideological and political educators
(A) improve the training mechanism, improve the overall quality of ideological and political educators.
Ideological and political educators with both ability and political integrity and high moral quality will not spontaneously emerge and form, but rely on the conscious education and guidance of relevant departments. Man is a dynamic subject influenced by subjective and objective conditions, and his thoughts and behaviors are constantly changing and developing with the changes of the times. Building a high-quality ideological and political education team requires party committees and governments at all levels to take practical measures to plan, educate and train the ideological and political education team according to the current actual situation and the needs of the development of the situation. With the development of social economy and the promotion of people's practical activities, national and local departments at all levels should regularly educate ideological and political educators on moral knowledge. Teach moral knowledge, sum up practical experience and train ideological and political educators.
(2) Strengthen the moral education of ideological and political educators.
The means and methods of moral education can be flexible and diverse, but they must conform to the characteristics of morality itself and the actual situation of the educated. To strengthen the moral education of ideological and political educators, we can start with five links: improving moral understanding, cultivating moral feelings, exercising moral will, establishing moral beliefs and forming moral habits. Only by working hard in all aspects can the educational effect of moral concept be implemented.
(C) improve the ideological and political educators' own moral cultivation
We can improve the moral cultivation of ideological and political educators from two aspects: one is to require ideological and political educators to adhere to the combination of moral cultivation and educational practice. Ideological and political educators should practice to make their ideological understanding conform to reality and stand the test of practice. Second, cultivate and improve the consciousness of ideological and political educators' own moral cultivation. The improvement of moral cultivation is not a one-off event, but a process of continuous transformation and transcendence. Therefore, ideological and political educators should have a correct attitude and persist for a long time in order to realize the real improvement of moral cultivation.