Among them, people-oriented, advocating rationality, responsibility concept, fair competition, paying attention to the rule of law, abiding by contracts, modern management and other ideas not only have a great influence and positive effect on the formation and development of western capitalist market economy, but also have reference significance for the establishment of socialist market economy in China.
In western traditional culture, humanism is the first and recognized value concept.
Westerners generally believe that personal interests are paramount, and all values, rights and obligations come from individuals. It emphasizes individual initiative and independence, and personal actions and interests.
As individuals, we should have independence, responsibility and self-esteem. Only in this way can individuals get attention and respect.
Western extreme individualism is incompatible with China's traditional culture, and it is also a trend of thought that we should prevent in building a socialist market economy today. Western culture highlights the dominant position of human beings in the universe and emphasizes the dignity and value of human beings as the main body.
This humanistic concept has played an important historical role in opposing feudal autocracy, religious ignorance, personality worship and developing modern capitalism, and some of its ideological factors have great enlightenment to us.
Market economy is an exchange economy based on equal exchange.
The parties involved in the exchange activities must be free individuals and groups with subject status.
Freedom, self-esteem, active creation and transcendence of reality in western humanistic values are the ideological premise of market economy, which requires human subjectivity, which is manifested in his right to be independent and free to choose.
What enterprises or individuals produce, how much they produce and when they produce are all market-oriented and do not depend on the plans and indicators of * * *.
Only in this way can the situation of free competition be possible, and the enthusiasm of enterprises and individuals can be mobilized.
Western humanism advocates self-struggle and self-innovation.
Westerners regard achievements made through personal struggle as a virtue.
Personal struggle is to control your own destiny without relying on others.
Young people in the west advocate self-reliance and self-improvement. When they grow up, they leave their families, set up their own homes and embark on the road of self-struggle.
Market economy needs a spirit of self-improvement and innovation.
Whether it is the development of new products or the formation of new ideas, it needs personal innovative spirit.
A person who depends on society, parents and others everywhere will never become a trendsetter in the market economy.
In the west, reason is tradition.
Rationalism is one of the basic spirits of western culture, which means emphasizing rationality, science, logical reasoning and analysis.
In the western ethical tradition, the control of emotion by reason is emphasized.
Market economy is closely related to rational principle, which is based on rationality.
The presupposition of western economics is that "everyone is rational".
Western enterprise management based on the spirit of rational culture has two basic characteristics: one is to rely on strict rules and regulations, and the other is to rely on strict organization, emphasizing the quantitative analysis of people, money and things.
This scientific management thought can just make up for the deficiency of China's traditional management thought.
In addition, in the current market economy construction in China, absorbing the factors of western rationalism culture can effectively promote economic individuals to seek the best means to achieve economic goals (profit maximization) and find effective ways to solve contradictions and conflicts among economic individuals.
Western moral rationality can also become the basic premise of individual self-affirmation, self-development and self-improvement in the sea of market economy, which is helpful to overcome the short-term economic behavior that is widespread in China.
The main feature of moral rationality lies in its inherent creativity and transcendence.
It not only requires people to obtain ready-made values and existing living conditions from the outside world, but also requires people to constantly create new things and transcend the status quo.
Moral rationality analyzes the rationality of individual and socio-economic behavior in market economy, inhibits the extreme expansion of individual selfish desires, and coordinates the social relationship between individuals and others.
Like ancient China, in the ancient Middle Ages, for a long time, the western thought of attaching importance to agriculture over commerce was dominant.
It was not until the religious reform in16th century, the change of the church's view on business activities and the appearance of Protestant ethics that western capitalism flourished.
Martin Luther, the pioneer of the Reformation Movement, translated the concept of "God's call" into the concept of "occupation" when translating the Bible, believing that occupation is God's call and a lifelong task arranged by God.
This concept requires individuals to fulfill their obligations in this life, that is, to assume the so-called "vocation."
It regards secular affairs as the noblest moral activity that individuals engage in, thus sanctifying secular work.
Everyone's occupation is the call of God, and all occupations are justified.
In this way, people have a new understanding of the purpose of life.
People are no longer passively waiting for the final judgment, but working hard on their careers.
At the same time, it also requires people to abandon worldly pleasures and win glory for God through hard work and career success.
Only those who work hard can get God's grace.
God helps those who he1p themselves.
This has cultivated people's dedication and down-to-earth work spirit.
Calvin, another representative of the Religious Reform Movement, believes that man's fate has long been doomed by God, and that man's preciousness and poverty in this world are the signs of God's "voters" and "abandoning the people".
Therefore, he encouraged people to be active in secular life, become rich, and prove that they were "chosen" by God with successful facts.
It can be seen that Calvinism is not a negative fatalism philosophy, but a new behavioral morality.
Only those who struggle tenaciously, are not afraid of difficulties and setbacks, and finally succeed are the people chosen by God.
This theory provides a strong theoretical basis for the bourgeoisie to pursue wealth.
Since then, people have generally changed their views on business activities, which has really given moral significance to business activities.
Getting rich is no longer a sin, but a sign of being "chosen" by God.
By the middle and late17th century, the pursuit of reasonable profits has completely become a content of Protestant ethics.
Making money reasonably has become an economic and moral virtue.
On the basis of the principles of piety, seriousness, diligence and honesty, Protestant economic ethics has gradually formed.
The establishment of new economic ethics has greatly promoted the development of western economy.
The principle of justice has a long history in the west.
Western thinkers attach great importance to justice and believe that * * * has the obligation to play the role of "justice messenger".
Under the condition of developing socialist market economy in China, China has basically got rid of the egalitarian shadow that has plagued people for a long time.
But in the face of unfair phenomena, such as official defection, official business, departmental monopoly, upside down and so on. People have repeatedly urged * * * to create a level playing field.
The principle of justice has become the focus of China people's attention.
Therefore, it is very necessary and beneficial to absorb the principles of justice and fairness in western culture.
The normal operation of market economy must follow the principle of fairness.
It is not only a standard to judge whether the market economy can exist, but also an indispensable link to safeguard market interests morally.
Secondly, under the market mechanism, implementing the principle of justice will also help to improve people's enthusiasm and production efficiency and promote social stability.
The principle of justice not only ensures that producers get what they deserve, but also rejects the official's * * *, and corresponds personal income with its actual contribution to society, so as to reward diligence and punish laziness and end the "big pot".
In addition, the idea of giving preferential treatment to the weak embodied in the principle of justice has certain positive significance for narrowing the polarization between the rich and the poor that has become crucial at present.
Justice is a good medicine to treat "pink eye".