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Putting forward the filial piety standards is
aimed to promote the traditional Chinese virtue of respecting the elderly. China has a long history of stressing filial piety, which forms the core of family values. Compared with the traditional filial devotion, the new standards are more up to date and relevant to modern society. The new standards are an inno- vative way of inheriting the essence of filial culture. The modern society lays great stress on the le- gal regulation while filial piety which depends on people"s moral sense and inner discipline seems unable to prevail. What we need now is a code of conduct that helps to persuade people to practice filial piety. These standards do not intend to force people to obey filial principles by law, but provide them with a guideline. |
As a moral requirement for human beings, filial
piety is unlikely to have perfect standards. Real filial piety is not something to be shown off to others, but something buried deeply in one"s heart. Due to dif-ferent living and working environment, the ways of practicing filial piety may be different. It is unwise to require every child to follow the same standards. Besides, the new standards are not feasible in modern days as many people live far away from their parents and have little time besides work. The implementation of these new filial stand- ards is not the right solution to the problem of China"s aging population. As for the government, it is more effective to build up more staterun nursing homes rather than issue filial standards in order to solve the problem. |