Morality is a kind of social ideology, and it is the norm and criterion of people's common life and behavior. It has five functions: cognition, adjustment, education, evaluation and balance. Morality is determined by the economic foundation of a certain society and serves a certain social and economic foundation. Different times and different classes have different moral concepts. Morality often represents the positive value orientation of society and plays a role in judging whether behavior is justified or not. However, its moral concept will change in different times and different classes. The moral concept of human beings is gradually formed under the influence of acquired certain production relations and public opinion. As far as human nature is concerned, morality is the principle of being responsible for things and not hurting others.

Function:

A country with moral decay and loss cannot have a fast, sustained and healthy economy, nor can it have the normal development of society and the existence of basic social order. The exertion of moral function needs the full exertion of moral function. In a word, morality has five main functions:

cognitive function

Morality is a good teacher who guides people to pursue perfection. It teaches people to know themselves, their responsibilities and obligations to family, others, society and the country, and correctly understand the laws and principles of social moral life, so as to correctly choose their own behavior and life path.

regulatory function

Morality is the regulator of social contradictions. People who live in society always have such a relationship with their own kind. Because of this, all kinds of contradictions will inevitably arise, which requires us to adjust people's behavior in society, guide and correct people's behavior with our own standards of good and evil through social public opinion, customs, inner beliefs and other unique forms, so that the relationship between people and between individuals and society tends to be perfect and harmonious.

Educational function

Morality is an inspiring guide. It cultivates people's good moral consciousness, moral quality and moral behavior, sets up correct concepts such as obligation, honor, justice and happiness, and makes the educated become people with pure morality and noble ideals.

evaluation function

Morality is a just judge. Moral evaluation is a huge social force and people's internal will power. Morality is a way for people to grasp the reality through evaluation, and it is realized by judging the "good" and "evil" of the surrounding social phenomena.

Balance function

Morality not only regulates the relationship between people, but also balances the relationship between people and nature. It requires people to have a correct attitude towards nature and regulate their own behavior. Environmental morality is one of the contemporary social ethics, which can educate people with a high sense of responsibility for the benefit of future generations, and proceed from the overall interests and long-term interests of society, develop natural resources, develop social production, maintain ecological balance, actively control and prevent man-made damage to the natural environment, and balance the normal relationship between man and nature.

Moral education, from the teaching point of view, is an educational work to cultivate students' good moral character and behavior by using various teaching methods in accordance with general moral norms. As far as the position of being taught is concerned, it is an education that obtains a clear moral consciousness from study and life, can distinguish the good and evil of all behaviors, and then shows good moral quality. "Moral education is a set of educational methods and facilities for ordinary people to cultivate themselves and adapt to life. Elaborating in detail, we should have the following understandings: First, moral education is aimed at children, adolescents and even adults with normal physical and mental development. Second, the implementation of moral education should pay attention to influence and edification, rather than using coercive pressure. Third, the goal of moral education should pay special attention to the relationship between groups, and personal accomplishment is also based on groups. Fourth, moral education is a tool for human beings to improve their lives, and its content is often innovative with the progress of society.