The Development of the Ethics Textbooks in China Since the Reform and Opening-up

The development of ethics as an independent discipline is inseparable from the continuous improvement of teaching materials, and ethics textbooks are an important carrier of ethics learning. In the historical process of China's 40 years of reform and opening up, the development of ethics textbooks has experienced three important historical stages: beginning, perfection and maturity. In this process, with the guidance of Marxism, the author keeps on promoting the main theme, and discusses in detail the ethical research object and its essence, the history of Chinese and foreign ethical thoughts, moral structure, applied ethics and the development prospects of ethics, which greatly promoted The advancement of ethics throughout the discipline also reminds researchers of the future of ethics. However, there is still room for further improvement in the form of expression, rationale, and practice of the textbook. In view of this, the construction of ethics textbooks must inherit the Chinese excellent traditional culture with the "compatibility and integration of diverse positions and methods", absorb the reasonable content of Western culture, innovate the expression of teaching materials, focus on the theoretical logic, pay attention to the reality of life, and let ethics enter life. To enhance the acceptability, scientificity and practicality of the textbook.