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VIETNAM ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES GRADUATE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES VU MANH DUNG THE TRANSROMATION OF VIETNAMESE TRADITION ETHICAL VALUES TODAY Major: Ethics Code: 22 90 06 DOCTORAL DISERTATION SUMMARY Hanoi - 2019 TÓM TẮT LUẬN ÁN TIẾN SĨ CHÍNH SÁCH This doctoral dissertation is completed at: GRADUATE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Scientific Supervisor: Prof., Dr Ho Si Quy Reviewer 1: Prof., Dr Nguyen Van Tai Reviewer 2: Assoc Prof.Dr Nguyen Thi Tho Reviewer 3: Prof., Dr Tran Phuc Thang The thesis will be defenced in the Commission for doctoral thesis evaluation of the Graduate Academy of Social Sciences in…….2019 The thesis can be found at: The National Libary of Vietnam The Library of the Graduate Academy of Social Sciences INTRODUCTION The urgency of the research theme The PhD student has chosen:"The transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values today" as his doctoral thesis for the following reasons: Firstly, among the traditional values of the Vietnamese nation, traditional ethical values such as patriotism, solidarity, community consciousness, compassion, philanthropism, diligence, thrift, fondness of learning, respecting Teacher and honoring the Way always play fundamental roles Although the traditional moral values of the Vietnamese people have been formed and relatively stable for a long time, their content, structure and mode of expression are not constant but always change along with the change of socio-economic life, political institutions and the infiltration, interaction and enculturation with the trends of thought and culture from the outside So it is necessary to clarify that process of change/transfomation Secondly, in our country today, the promotion of the cause of industrialization, modernization, market economy development, international integration makes traditional moral values inherited and supplemented by new elements that are modern and valuable to all humanity but also there is a tendency to degrade traditional moral values in some communities and classes, especially young people Thirdly, the study of the transformation of traditional ethical values in Vietnam aims to find solutions to limit negative changes and orient traditional ethical values to transform according to positive trends The purpose and tasks of the dissertation Research purpose: to clarify the transformation of traditional ethical values in Vietnam in the current conditions, thereby proposing directions and solutions to ensure the transformation of traditional moral values is in a positive direction Research tasks: In order to achieve the above purpose, the thesis will conduct the following research tasks: Firstly, reviewing the research works related to the topic and identifying the contents that the thesis need to continue to study Secondly, clarifying the basic concepts that form the theoretical framework to study the transformation in traditional moral values and analyze that transformation in the historical movement of the Vietnamese nation Thirdly, studying the reality of changing traditional ethical values in Vietnam, both in the positive and negative changes as well as the causes of those changes in our country today Fourthly, proposing some orientations and solutions to promote positive effects and limit negative effects on changing traditional moral values, meeting the requirements of building Vietnamese country and people in current conditions Objectives and Scope of research Objectives: The thesis studies the transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values in the current conditions Scope of research: The thesis focuses on the transformation of some typical Vietnamese moral values such as patriotism, solidarity and sense of community, compassion, diligence and thrift, studiousness, being deferential to teacher and respected for moral… The time for survey of the transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values is mainly from the Renovation (1986) to now Theoretical basis and research methods Theoretical basis: The thesis is based on Marxist - Leninist philosophy and ethics, Ho Chi Minh's thoughts and views of the Communist Party of Vietnam on Vietnamese traditional moral values At the same time, the thesis also inherits the views and research achievements of scientists on issues related to the thesis topic Research methods: The thesis uses the methods of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, of Marxist-Leninist ethics, with particular emphasis on methods such as historical and logical unity, analysis and synthesis, comparison, abstraction, generalization and axiology New scientific contribution of the dissertation Firstly, analyzing the transformation process and the factors affecting the transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values Secondly, proposing a number of orientations and solutions to influence the transformation of Vietnamese traditional moral values in a positive direction and limit negative trends Theoretical and practical significance of the dissertation Theoretical significance: The thesis contributes to further research on some theoretical issues of the transformation of Vietnamese traditional moral values The thesis can be used as a reference for reasearch and teaching activities on the topics of ethics and Vietnamese traditional moral values in current conditions within the majors of philosophy and ethics of graduate and postgraduate units in Vietnam Practical significance: The research results of the thesis contribute to protecting, preserving and developing the traditional ethical values of Vietnam in the context of market economy development and international integration; at the same time, creating active positive effects and limit negative changes to Vietnamese traditional ethical values in the current period Structures of the thesis Apart from the introduction, the conclusion, the list of references and the appendices, the thesis is structured in 04 chapters and sections CHAPTER OVERALL REVIEW OF RESEARCH WORKS RELATED TO THE THEME 1.1 Theoretical issues of traditional ethical values and the transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values 1.1.1 Research works on the theoretical issues of ethical values and Vietnamese traditional ethical values In the book "The traditional spiritual values of the Vietnamese nation" (1993), Ho Chi Minh City Publisher, Tran Van Giau deeply analyzed the precious traditional spiritual values of Vietnamese people; they are patriotism, diligence, heroism, creativity, optimism, philanthropism, sense of righteousness In the articles: "Traditional values and modern values" by Nguyen Ngoc Van published in the Journal of Social Science Information, No 11/1995 and "Tradition and modernity: some thoughts and suggestions" of Phan Huy Le published in the Communist Review, No 8/1996, the authors stated and analyzed the basic traditional values of the nation (including traditional moral values) and their role in forming modern values In the paper "The issue of exploiting traditional values for development purposes", Journal of Philosophy, No 2/1998; the author Nguyen Trong Chuan stated relatively clearly about the content and ways to exploit traditional values for development purposes In the work: "Traditional values under the challenges of globalization" by Nguyen Trong Chuan and Nguyen Van Huyen (co-editor) (2002), National politics Publisher, Hanoi, the authors not only mentioned the traditional values and realities of Vietnamese traditional values but also raised issues about the need to preserve and promote national cultural identity under the challenges of globalization And some other typical projects need to be mentioned are: Ngo Duc Thinh (Editor) (2014), "Vietnamese cultural values - tradition and transformation", National politics Publisher, Hanoi; Tran Duc Duong, "Promoting the positive values of ancestor worship in the current period", Journal of Religious Studies, No 2/2010; Tran Nguyen Viet, "Traditional ethical values of Vietnam and the popularization of all humanity of ethics in a market economy", Journal of Philosophy, No 5/2002; Firstly, the authors basically agreed with typical traditional spiritual values stated by Tran Van Giau such as patriotism, kindness, sense of community, diligence, creativity, fondness of learning, in which patriotism is the primary value At the same time, these are also the traditional ethics values of the Vietnamese nation Secondly, the authors affirmed that the traditional moral values formed along with the process of formation and development of national history regulated by socio-economic conditions, cultural – beliefs activities, political institutions are transmitted from generation to generation Thirdly, the authors affirmed that the traditional moral values of the nation are human values, so they have longevity Fourthly, the authors said that traditional moral values in particular as well as traditional values in general are the thread connecting the past, present and future of the nation At the same time, they are also the premise and motivation for promoting the development of national history 1.1.2 Research works related to the issue on transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values In the book "The traditional spiritual values of the Vietnamese nation" (1993), Ho Chi Minh City Publisher by Tran Van Giau, from determining the traditional spiritual values and traditional moral values of the nation, the author raised the need to inherit the spiritual and traditional values in building new cultural values in our country today Besides that, the traditional moral values must also have certain transformations to be compatible with the changes of social conditions On the impact of innovation on moral values, it must first mention the work: "The transformation of the moral value ladder in a market economy with the construction of new ethics for management staffs in our country today” by Nguyen Chi My (editor), National politics Publisher, Hanoi, 1999 The authors mentioned a number of moral issues that are of interest to society, and also have profound explanations about the transformation of moral values in the market mechanism In addition, the authors also studied and proposed some orientations and solutions for the formation of new moral values under the impact of the market economy in order to build moral values for management staffs in our country today According to author Nguyen Dinh Tuong in the article "Some manifestations of changing moral values in the market economy in Vietnam today and solutions to overcome", (Journal of Philosophy, No 6/2002), the preservation and promotion of traditional moral values is to enrich the content of these traditional moral values in the new era, serving the construction and development of the country In the work: "Studying traditional cultural values in the process of industrialization and modernization" by Nguyen Trong Chuan, Pham Van Duc, Ho Si Quy (co-editor) (2002), National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, the authors presented the transformation of traditional values to modern values It is due to the transition to the implementation of a market economy, due to technological advances in production and in the operational areas of social life The impact of the market economy, of industrialization and modernization in the process of globalization on traditional cultural values is always double-sided (positive and negative), so the exploitation, preservation and promotion of traditional values is one of ensuring the sustainable development of society and people In the book: "Globalization in the Asia-Pacific context: Some philosophical issues" by Pham Van Duc (Editor) (2007), Social sciences Publisher, Hanoi, the author analyzed and evaluated the transformation of some traditional Vietnamese values in the face of positive and negative impacts of globalization In the article: "Marx’s thought on ethics and its meaning for the cause of building new morality in Vietnam today", Journal of Philosophy, No 9/2008, the author Nguyen Van Phuc concretized Marx’s thought on social existence determining social consciousness in general and morality in particular, at the same time presented F.Engels’s argument on the social nature of morality by showing the modernity, nationality and class of ethics In addition, the works need to be mentioned such as: "The transformation of cultural values in the context of building a market economy in Vietnam today", by Nguyen Duy Bac (editor) (2008); "Ethical consciousness in the market economy conditions in our country today" by Le Thi Tuyet Ba (2010), Social Sciences Publisher, Hanoi, 2010; "Some issues on Marxist ethics and building ethics in the market economy conditions in Vietnam today" by Nguyen The Kiet (2012), National Politics Publisher, Hanoi All of the above works confirm that: Firstly, the transformation of traditional moral values is not an unusual thing, but an objectively necessary law of development This depends on socioeconomic development conditions The dominant moral standards have been always determined by the ruling class, the class representing the forces that determine social development in each certain historical period Secondly, the transformation of moral values is both in terms of content and form of expression Thirdly, the transformation takes place both in a positive and negative direction Therefore, there must be orientations for the development of moral values Fourthly, the transformation of traditional moral values is not only the inheritance of national values but also the reception and modification of the cultural spiritual and moral values of the other nations during the exchange process Fifthly, traditional moral values are altered but change more slowly, more sustainable than other spiritual values At the same time, they still occupy a significant position and role in the development of human communities, first of all culturally and spiritually 1.2 The works related to the reality, the causes of transformation in Vietnamese traditional ethical values as well as orientations and solutions to ensure a positive transformation 1.2.1 The works related to the reality of transforming Vietnamese traditional ethical values and its causes In the report "Value and transformation of Vietnamese traditional cultural values" presented at the Scientific Conference "Preserving and promoting Vietnamese traditional cultural values in the process of innovation and integration", 18th September, 2009 in Bien Hoa - Dong Nai, author Tran Ngoc Them said that unlike other countries, Vietnam has a static development with gradual, little mutations Nguyen Dinh Tuong in the article "Preserving and promoting traditional cultural values in Vietnam under the impact of globalization" (Journal of Philosophy, No 5/2006) stated and analyzed the reality of Vietnamese traditional cultural values under the impact of globalization The negative effects of globalization have been challenging many traditional spiritual values, as well as the personality of Vietnamese people In particular, some of the good, important and sacred traditional values of the Vietnamese people are also at risk of being eroded and corrupted Nguyen Van Phuc in the article "On creating a strong change in the construction of new morality in our country today" (Philosophical Journal, No 11/2006) said that when considering the current reality of morality now, it is necessary to accept the fact that, to a certain extent, the uncertainty of moral standards is inevitable According to Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen in the article "Globalization and the risk of degradation of Vietnamese morality and lifestyle today" (Journal of Philosophy, No 6/2007), globalization is introducing the Western lifestyle into our country On the one hand, it positively impacts on transforming a closed, resigned, dependent, dependent lifestyle into an open, dynamic, independent, responsible lifestyle, in line with the trend of the times However, it is also the lack of orientation towards acquiring that way of life that leads to being far away lifestyle according to national ethical standards In the books "Moral culture in our country today - Issues and solutions" by Le Quy Duc - Hoang Chi Bao (Co-editor), (2007, Culture and Information Publishing House & Cultural Institute, Hanoi) and "Vietnamese cultural values tradition and transformation" by Ngo Duc Thinh (Editor, 2014, National Politics Publishing House, Hanoi), the authors commented that the traditional cultural innovation takes place in an unusual way which is without inheritance and development, acquisition and removal but often a chaotic interweaving between the old and the new does not create an organic connection with each other That means the old is lost while the new has not yet formed, creating a loss in cultural life and consequently, the cultural life of the people is depleted and becomes poor The research works related to the current situation of transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values have solved some isues: Firstly, like most other cultural values, traditional moral values transform slowly with little mutation Secondly, in the process of transforming the traditional moral values, there are appearing moral disturbances Thirdly, there are two trends of transformation: - The first trend is forming some new values, overcoming the limitations of traditional values - The second trend is the "slipping", degradation which is increasingly far removed from traditional values Fourthly, due to the current situation of disruption of standards and degradation, it is necessary to pay attention to morality both in value and nonvalue (bad qualities of Vietnamese people) The authors analyzed and identified objective and subjective causes of the above situation Regarding objective causes: Due to the socio-economic conditions in the transitional period; due to the impact of internal market factors in conditions of integration and globalization; due to a change in the mechanism of operating political institutions Regarding subjective causes: due to the inadequate management and orientation of social management levels, both at the theory, law and management practices 1.2.2 The works related to solutions that ensure the transformation of Vietnamese traditional moral values in a positive direction Author Nguyen Dinh Tuong in the article: "Some manifestations of the transformation of moral values in the market economy in Vietnam today and solutions to overcome", (Journal of Philosophy, No 6/2002) focused on the propagation and moral education for the whole society, especially the younger generation That is the task of each family, schools and society In the article "Preserving and promoting Vietnamese traditional cultural values under the impact of globalization", (Journal of Philosophy, No 5/2006), this author analyzed and clarified the situation and the cause of preserving and promoting Vietnamese traditional cultural values in the context of globalization today The authors of the book "Globalization in the context of Asia-Pacific: Some philosophical issues" by Pham Van Duc (Editor) (Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi, 2007), provided some basic solutions to protect and promote traditional cultural values and overcome the ethical and lifestyle degradation as follows: firstly, building a social-oriented market economy that is the guarantee for preserving and promoting traditional cultural values; secondly, strengthening the role of law in protecting traditional values and resolutely fighting against the thoughts, morals, and lifestyles that are not in line with Vietnamese national traditions; thirdly, strengthening traditional education According to Nguyen Van Phuc in the article "Marx’s view on ethics and its meaning for the cause of building a new morality in Vietnam today" (Journal of Chapter THE TRANSFORMATION OF VIETNAMESE TRADITIONAL ETHICAL VALUES - SOME BASIC THEORETICAL ISSUES 2.1 Vietnamese traditional moral values: basic concepts and some typical values 2.1.1 The basic concepts 2.1.1.1 The concept of ethics Ethics is a social phenomenon formed from the formative state of human society, which are requirements, rules set by life that each person must follow voluntarily Ethics include: ethical consciousness, ethical behavior and ethical relations Ethical consciousness is the system of knowledge of value, moral-value orientation, ideals, feelings, beliefs, reason, and will to regulate relations and moral behaviors Ethical behavior is human action under the influence of ethical ideals, expressed through affection, belief, reason, will Ethics is also a form of social relations, which is the relationship of each human being with oneself and the relationship of each person with the community, so ethics is always social and there is a dialectical unity between social ethics and personal ethics Ethics is present as a useful, positive meaning for human life and therefore valuable to society When the system of ethical values meets the needs, benefits and significance for the subjects, is chosen by the moral subjects to adjust and evaluate the behavior, behavioral relationship, it is the ethical value orientation 2.1.1.2 The concept of value In fact, there are many sciences that use the concept of value such as mathematics, logic, culturology, art, sociology, philosophy, aesthetics, ethics Most of the them affirm that value shows what is useful and meaningful that which are things, phenomena of nature, of society and of conscious thinking; they are able to satisfy certain material or spiritual needs and serve human interests From the author's point of view: Value is a concept that refers to the sociocultural meaning of phenomena, including all that meet the needs, interests and has certain meaning for a subject ((be it) individual, collective, social), that is the unity between objective factors and subjective factors of the subject in consideration and evaluation They promote positive activities, subjective efforts 11 when perceived, selected and dominate the thoughts, feelings, beliefs of the subject 2.1.1.3 The concept of ethical value Ethical value is a factor that constitutes the system of spiritual values of each subject as well as of the whole society in the areas of activity and plays a particularly important role in social life Ethical values reflect economic and social life, so they have also attributes of class (in class social conditions), nationality and modernity Ethics is present as a useful, positive meaning for human life and therefore valuable to human beings and human society In other words, ethical value is the social-cultural meaning of the views, thoughts, norms, codes of conduct formed from the historical and social reality, meeting the needs, benefits and has a positive meaning to life, is chosen by the ethical subjects to adjust and evaluate the behavior and behavior of people according to the criteria of good, honor, obligation and fairness Ethics is present as a useful, positive meaning for human life and therefore valuable to human beings and human society In other words, ethical value is the social-cultural meaning of the views, thoughts, norms, codes of conduct formed from the historical and social reality, meeting the needs, benefits and has a positive meaning to life, is chosen by ethical subjects to adjust and evaluate behavior, behavioral relations of people according to the criteria of good, honor, obligation, fairness concurred by conscience and public opinion There are principles, norms and systems of ethical values of certain historical periods In addition to the dominance of socio-economic conditions, ethics is governed by self-consciousness and beliefs about oneself, about the class, nationality and follows the ideal, the certain ethical orientation The ethical value system of the national community is in line with the process of implementing social functions in each historical period of the nation, so changing the order in the traditional ethical values ladder also occurs regularly according to the changes of historical tasks in each period that the nation performs 2.1.2 Traditional ethical values: the concepts and some typical Vietnamese traditional ethical values 2.1.2.1 The concept of tradition Tradition is the temporal preservation of socio-cultural phenomena, including thoughts and emotions, attitudes and behaviors, ways and patterns in 12 thinking, in lifestyle of a certain community of people It was formed in history and has become stable, handed down from generation to generation 2.1.2.2 The concept of traditional ethical value Traditional ethical values are a system of good values, embodied in common ethical standards, which have a positive impact on the community, adjusting individual behavior as well as all relationships in society, is acknowledged by the majority, relatively stable and ingrained in the social psychology and practices from one generation to the next generation of the nation Traditional ethical values are the product of long-term development of national history, which are good moral values expressed in common ethical standards, with positive effects on community, adjusting the relationship between individuals and society to create harmonious unity between personal interests and social benefits 2.1.3 Some typical Vietnamese traditional ethical values The views on typical Vietnamese traditional ethical values are different but in the dissertation we only state typical ethical values that are recognized by scientists as follows: patriotism; solidarity and a sense of community; compassion and philanthropism; diligence and thriftiness; fondness of learning, respecting Teacher and honoring the Way … 2.2 The transformation of traditional ethical values: concept, mechanism and its expression through periods of Vietnamese national history 2.2.1 The concept of the transformation of ethical value Social transformation is the process of making patterns of social behaviors, social relations, social institutions and social structural systems change over time Social stability is only relative in terms of form but in fact, in terms of content, there is always movement and change Social transformation in modern society is faster and deeper It is the complex interaction of many social factors (both internal and external) that create the transformation Social transformation includes the transformation of ethical values and traditional ethical values 2.2.2 Mechanism of transforming ethical values Mechanism of transforming ethical values is a way that in the process of interaction between institutions, social organizations and individuals, traditional ethical values are inherited, transformed and developed Transforming ethical values often starts from elements of class, nationality and family to the consciousness, behavior, and ethical relations of individuals 13 Because the mechanism of transforming traditional ethical values depends on the mode of conduct of the ruling class, the propaganda and education of schools, society and families Therefore, it is necessary to turn the educational process into a self-education process, in which individuals follow the demands of families, schools, society and its benefits for choosing values, perfecting personal moral qualities Because of social change and the change of the content, expression of traditional ethical values, the choice and practice of personal ethics also often change 2.2.3 The transformation of traditional ethical values through periods of Vietnamese national history Vietnamese traditional ethical values also transform throughout the development process of the Vietnamese nation On the transformation of patriotism in history: Patriotism is a system of views and rules to consider and assess the moral behavior and relationship of each person with the community and at the same time is sacred feelings of each person as well as the whole community for the Vietnamese Fatherland Patriotism is transformed in accordance with each period of history of national liberation struggle, national defense and construction of the country On the transformation of solidarity and a sense of community: solidarity and a sense of community are the principles and norms for regulating the moral behavior and relations of every Vietnamese person but due to the requirements of the rulling class in each historical period, the sense of community and solidarity are expressed in different forms and contents On the transformation of diligence and thriftiness: diligence and thriftiness are the traditional ethical value of the Vietnamese nation but in each historical period, those values are governed by historical conditions, class perspectives, so they more or less transform according to the change of production methods On the transformation of compassion and philanthropism: compassion and philanthropism are transmitted from generation to generation and become a precious tradition of the Vietnamese nation Along with the influence of Eastern culture and the exchange and acculturation process of human cultural values, Vietnamese traditional ethical values are further enriched by humanistic ideas such as the ideas of freedom, equality and charity of the Western civilization in which Marxism – Lenin the highest representative that was introduced by President Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam in the early twentieth century 14 On the transformation of tradition of fondness of learning, respecting Teacher and honoring the Way : fondness of learning, respecting Teacher and honoring the Way formed by the combination of the fondness of learning, the intelligence and the creativity of the people with the positive effects of Confucianism and desire to change life In feudal times, poor people still tried to hit the books, determined to take the exam and expected to pass the exam to mandarin But in each different period, the fondness of learning, respecting Teacher and honoring the Way have the changes according to the value system of each period Today, fondness of learning continues to develop strongly, illiteracy has basically been resolved; the development of education has met the needs of human development and development of modern production forces CONCLUSION OF CHAPTER Ethics includes requirements, rules set bythe life that each person must follow voluntarily In the development process, each country creates its own ethical values that are highly sustainable and reflect national identity Therefore, ethical values become glue to consolidate the community and the driving force for production activities, construction and protection of the country In term of time, it can be divided into traditional ethical values and modern ethical values Traditional ethical values are a fine value system, relatively stable and deeply rooted in social psychology and practices from this generation to the next generation of the nation For Vietnamese people, patriotism, solidarity and a sense of community, compassion and philanthropism, diligence and thriftiness, fondness of learning have become typical traditional ethical values Throughout the process of history, the traditional ethical values are not permanent, unchanging values, but they also have transformation in accordance with the changing dynamics of history of economy, culture, and society However, the reality shows that the transformation of traditional ethical values takes place not simply; not all transformations take place in a positive trend, but also in a negative trend that easily erode those traditional values 15 Chapter THE SITUATION OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF VIETNAMESE TRADITIONAL ETHICAL VALUES TODAY 3.1 Positive manifestations in the transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values today and their causes 3.1.1 The transformation of some Vietnamese traditional ethical values today Firstly, transforming from patriotism in tradition to patriotism in the present period - patriotism in Ho Chi Minh era Today patriotism is faithful to national interests, to united Vietnamese fatherland That ethical value orientation attaches the responsibility of every Vietnamese citizen to his country, which is the sacred duty of each individual with the Vietnamese nation Patriotism is to strive to make rich people, wealthy country, democratic, fair and civilized societies; is to protect the people, protect the interests of the nation, firmly protect the socialist Vietnamese nation, protect the Party and the socialist regime Patriotism is associated with the pride of the tradition of the Vietnamese nation Secondly, transforming from the sense of community, solidarity in national tradition to the sense of community and solidarity in the current period The expression of solidarity and a sense of community today is the love and support of the people all over the country whenever people in a certain locality encounter tribulation and difficulties; or those values are expressed through family relations, villages, social organizations and based on the unity of personal interests and community interests in the socialist-oriented market economy Thirdly, transforming from diligence, thriftiness in tradition to diligence and thriftiness in the current period Currently, diligence is associated with a positive, dynamic and creative working spirit and saving is a reasonable expenditure according to income capacity Diligence is combined closely with disciplined, technical, productive labor spirit and legitimate enrichment; diligence is associated with responsibilities, obligations, conscience in production and business Fourthly, transforming from compassion, philanthropism in the tradition to compassion and philanthropism in the current period Compassion, philanthropism are the concern and sharing, partly compensating for the disadvantages and losses for people with meritorious services to the country, for war victims or victims of risks and natural disasters; compassion and philanthropism are also expressed for war enemies and those betrayed national interests; in addition, compassion and philanthropism are 16 manifested in addressing current global urgent issues such as combating environmental pollution and climate change Fifthly, transforming from fondness of learning, respecting Teacher and honoring the Way to fondness of learning, respecting Teacher and honoring the Way in the current period fondness of learning is the need to improve and develop personality, to build a career in the knowledge economy, at the same time, learning is a lifelong task for everyone Learning is always associated with respect and gratitude to teachers 3.1.2 The causes of the positive transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values today The main causes of the positive transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values are as follows: Firstly, the right orientation of the Party for social development and building new people, building new ethics in our country today; secondly, the positive, dynamic and humanistic impact of the socialist-oriented market economy; thirdly, the impact of urbanization on the formation of residents of the commodity economy and industrial life in our country today; fourthly, the impact of globalization and international integration, expansion of relations of economic, cultural and social exchanges in our country today 3.2 Negative manifestations in the transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values today and their causes 3.2.1 Negative manifestations in the transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values today Firstly, the manifestations of negative transformation in the patriotism of some Vietnamese people today In fact, there are still people "in the name of patriotism" want to deny the leadership role of the Communist Party of Vietnam, denying the path to socialism, distorting modern Vietnamese history, denying the achievements of the reform process in Vietnam today Some people are embezzling, profiteering, stealing common property of the people, impoverishing the country's resources, committing crimes of humiliating the nation, worsening the image of the Vietnamese nation when going abroad Secondly, the manifestations of negative transformation in the solidarity and sense of community of some Vietnamese people today The disparity in income between social class has created an inferiority and envy, significantly affecting the spirit of solidarity and a sense of community Pragmatic lifestyles have formed self-made individuals that make cohesion among members of the families, villages and national community weaker 17 Corruption is reducing people's confidence in the Party, damaging the great national unity Enemies try to take advantage, incite to break the national unity Thirdly, the manifestations of negative transformation in the diligence and thriftiness of some Vietnamese people today Due to the influence of pragmatic and consumer lifestyle, a part of young people today not care about the traditional value of the nation, lazy to work and study, often forget their obligations and responsibilities with family and society, falling into social evils Fourthly, the manifestations of negative transformation in the compassion and philanthropism of some Vietnamese people Currently, the violent, non-human lifestyle tends to increase; School violence is worrying Crime in Vietnam in recent years has increased rapidly and has a high degree of inhumaneity, a series of new crimes have appeared such as bank robbery, personal terrorism, extortion, kidnapping children Love and sharing are overwhelmed by material and money relations There are those who are willing to trample other people's lives as long as they have money like using toxic substances to preserve fruits, food, using infected food to sell to others, even to school kitchens Fifthly, the manifestations of negative transformation in the fondness of learning, respecting Teacher and honoring the Way of some Vietnamese people today Lifestyles for money have reduced, deformed the studiousness and reduced respect for teacher and moral The story of teachers and students fighting is heartbreaking, losing the sense of being deferential to teacher and respected for moral in national tradition 3.2.2 Some causes of negative manifestations in the transformation of Vietnamese traditional ethical values today The dark side of the market economy, integration, international exchange and urbanization processes have adverse impacts on traditional moral values; on the other hand, it must be acknowledged that the resistance of hostile forces against communism, against the leadership of the Party, against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is increasingly sophisticated Besides that, there are some mistakes in practical direction, neglecting the management of agencies and organizations who are responsible for the education of traditional ethical values In particular, some officials of the Party's organization and the State are not exemplary but bureaucratic and corrupt, having a negative impact on the thoughts and feelings of a part of the people 18 CONCLUSION OF CHAPTER In the context of industrialization and modernization, the traditional Vietnamese ethical values still remain valid and clearly show their role in new conditions However, these moral values also have certain changes in the content, form and scope due to the impact of the process of industrialization and modernization It is a two-sided impact of the market economy, the process of urbanization, globalization and international integration, so the change of traditional moral values also takes place in both positive and negative directions Promoting the positive impacts, overcoming the negative impacts of these factors, the Communist Party of Vietnam as the leader of the construction of the country and the people of Vietnam has actively and positively affected to traditional ethical values That influence has made the transformation of traditional ethical values is in a positive direction, meaning in a way that better meets the requirements of innovation and implementing industrialization and modernization in current conditions Chapter SOME SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE THE TRANSFORMATION OF VIETNAMESE TRADITIONAL ETHICAL VALUES IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION 4.1 Some directions to ensure the transformation of traditional Vietnamese ethical values is in a positive direction 4.1.1 Inheriting, preserving and promoting traditional ethical values for the successful and sustainable development of the country It is necessary to pay attention to the preservation and promotion of traditional ethical values of the nation as the core values of Vietnamese culture, which is a support for ethical and personality education, especially for ethical education for the young generation Because the young generation plays the role of keeping the good ethical tradition of the nation that the previous generations have cultivated and left Therefore, creating an environment for the existence and development of traditional ethical values is the basic factor that creates the endogenous power of cultural elements in the new social construction In order to gradually build a harmonious development society, it is necessary to ensure the unity between social interests, collective interests and 19 personal interests; there is a need to assess, adjust those relationships in a more complete and dialectical way In the relationship between personal ethics and social ethics, we must pay attention to the principle of operation that benefits both society and individuals In promoting the Vietnamese traditional ethical values today, it is mainly arousing traditional ethical values, upholding pride, beliefs and wills, contributing to self-affirmation of personal position in social life In particular, personal moral qualities such as self-esteem, honesty, humility, courage, discipline, love for freedom, desire to learn will be gradually inherited, renewed and promoted in accordance with the new era 4.1.2 Absorbing proactively the quintessence of human culture and civilization to enrich Vietnamese traditional ethical values In order to build an advanced culture imbued with national identity, it is necessary to actively study, absorb positive values and human cultural quintessence to enrich and renew our culture while avoiding a conservative mindset or xenophobia The advanced culture imbued with the national identity that we are building is the patriotic, humanistic and progressive culture; in which the core content is national independence associated with socialism on the basis of MarxismLeninism and Ho Chi Minh's thought The protection of the national identity must be associated with the expansion of international exchanges, the active selective acquisition of the good, the advancement in the other culture and at the same time struggling against the backward, outdated factors, allowing the nation to keep up with the times 4.1.3 Promoting traditional ethical values to resist the tendency of negative transformation to degrade the social environment According to the experience of building and developing the market economy of many countries in the world, they not only focus on developing economy, science and technology, but also upholding ethical values Because these values in many cases have served as the driving force for their country's development Therefore, our respect for tradition and protection of traditional ethical values are also the internal force for the sustainable development of Vietnamese society at present and in the future Country develops but is separated from the national origin that will definitely be at risk of self-alienation Implementing a market economy and modernizing the country but denying traditional values (including traditional ethical values) will lose the national identity, lose ourselves and become the shadow of other people, of other nations 20 4.2 Some solutions to ensure the transformation of traditional Vietnamese ethical values in a positive direction 4.2.1 Promoting propaganda and education of traditional moral values to improve moral responsibility for each individual In the recent time, due to the influence of integration, due to ineffective propaganda and education of traditional ethical values in the whole society, there have been many phenomena in opposition to the tradition of the nation For example, the situation of abusing the right to freedom and democracy to undermine the national solidarity; in the name of "patriotism", taking advantage of the mistakes of some enterprises against investment cooperation in the construction of the country; school violence, family violence, child sexual abuse, child and women trafficking, and many social evils increase These things hurt society, requiring us to pay attention to propaganda and education of traditional ethical values in order to influence each individual, every family, each collective, thereby helping each subject to self-awareness, self-assessment, selfadjustment their moral behavior according to positive trends The education of traditional ethical values will affect ethical consciousness, directly contributing to awakening the conscience and ethical responsibility of every human being, making the love, belief, reason and the will to follow traditional ethical values to become their wisdom and creative power of new humane society Ethics is the basic feature of human nature; keeping the traditional ethical values is to keep the original identity Educating traditional ethical values not only contributes to make people have "community nature" but also helps each person to be closely connected with their community The solution to strengthen propaganda and education of traditional ethical values for the whole society is to strongly influence the ethical consciousness, behavior and relations of each subject This is a very important solution to preserve and promote the traditional ethical values of Vietnam and build people with good moral qualities who love their homeland, fully aware of obligations and responsibilities, determine to bring the country out of poverty and backwardness 4.2.2 Improving the role of law in the protection, inheritance and promotion of Vietnamese traditional ethical values In recent times, public opinion strongly condemns the acts contrary to the law and traditional ethical values of the nation such as corruption, smuggling, social evils, domestic violence, school violence This is the time when the law needs to show its strength in re-establishing discipline, strictly handling cases of corruption, smuggling, mistreating parents, violence against with children, child sexual abuse, school violence to protect the traditional ethical values of the 21 nation, creating a clean and healthy social environment to create conditions for people participate in the development of the country Given the strong situation of external cultural products entering our country through various information channels and international integration exchanges, the law also needs regulations and measures to check the flow of those cultural products because this is a field that directly and quickly affects the lifestyle of young people With the passion and quick adaptation to the strange and the new, the young people are easily deflected when choosing, easily affected by the modern but toxic flows of culture and ideas The increase of the law in checking cultural products is a necessary measure to help young people choose modern values but still consistent with national cultural identity 4.2.3 Building a healthy socio-economic environment, facilitating positive changes in Vietnamese traditional ethical values Traditional ethical values are a part of culture and are also an important part of the social consciousness structure The principle of Marxism-Leninism on dialectical relations between social being and social consciousness has shown that social being regulates social consciousness Therefore, in the context of market economy, urbanization, globalization and international integration, it is necessary to build a healthy socio-economic environment to play a role as a basis for the reflection of social consciousness in general, ethical values in particular We can only preserve and promote or transform in a positive way the traditional ethical values in certain socio-economic conditions Our central task is to take care of economic development but we must realize that the country's motivation to create prosperity and long-term development is not merely investment capital, modern technology, rich resources but also creative abilities, wills and virtues that are formed from cultural traditions, especially the ethical tradition of the nation CONCLUSION OF CHAPTER The Party and the State are certainly active and proactive in inheriting and promoting traditional ethical values in new conditions In the ethical life of the people in the recent years, it is shown that, basically, traditional Vietnamese ethical values have been transfomred in a positive way However, due to the impacts of the dark side of the market economy, the process of increasing urbanization, globalization and international integration as well as due to a number of weaknesses and limitations in management, the traditional ethical values also have negative changes 22 In order to overcome the negative changes, orient the transformation of traditional ethical values in a positive direction, it is necessary to further promote processes such as: Ethical education in general, education of traditional ethical values in particular, innovating the content and scope of traditional ethical values to suit new conditions; Further strengthening the role of law in protecting and promoting the positive impact of traditional ethical values in all areas of social and human activities; Promoting the construction of a healthy socio-economic environment, creating favorable conditions for the inheritance, renewal and promotion of traditional ethical values under new conditions CONCLUSION Along with politics, culture and laws, ethics is an important element involved in adjusting the consciousness, behavior and relationships of individuals and communities to ensure their existence and development The ethical values are both the norms and the goal from the mind to the activities of each person in society Due to different conditions, historical circumstances and levels of development, each national community has a different system of ethical values The ethical value system has movement and change throughout history, forming traditional ethical values that contribute to create the identity and unique character of each nation At the same time, traditional ethical values always promote a positive role in protecting the existence and promoting the development of the nation community The traditional ethical value of the Vietnamese nation was accumulated throughout thousands of years of heroic struggle to ensure the nation’s survival and development to this day Typical traditional ethical values are as follows: patriotism, solidarity and a sense of community, compassion and philanthropism, diligence and thriftiness, fondness of learning, respecting Teacher and honoring the Way However, traditional ethical values are not immutable but in the process of development, also transform along with the change of the history of struggle for national construction and defense, of the cultural values exchange with other nations in the region and on the world As an endogenous strength, traditional ethical values are always a solid basis for social movement, for the development of the country In fact, within the construction of the country in the context of a socialistoriented market economy, especially of globalization and international integration today, traditional ethical values are transformed both in a positive and negative way The positive transformation of traditional ethical values in our 23 country in the current period is due to many reasons but first of all, it must be affirmed that it is thanks to the Party's orientation to development and construction of new people, new ethics At the same time, the socialist-oriented market economy is not in opposition to traditional ethical values and creates new opportunities for traditional ethical values to be strengthened in new conditions In addition to the positive transformation of traditional ethical values, it must be admitted that there is an unexpected trend of transformation which is the transformation in negative way In order to get solutions that are appropriate to the practice and the requirement of transforming Vietnamese traditional ethical values today in positive way, it is necessary to have the right orientations and must adhere to that orientation First of all, we must grasp thoroughly the viewpoint of considering that the conserving, inheriting and promoting traditional ethical values are both goals and driving forces of the country's development Because the traditional ethical values are the spiritual potential, the affirmation of the nation's determination in the cause of innovation In addition, we must actively acquire the cultural values of other nations in the process of international integration and exchange to renew and enrich the traditional ethical values of the Vietnamese nation The implementation of concrete practical solutions that guide the transformation of ethical values in a healthy, positive trend plays a very important role in preserving and ensuring the transformation of ethical values in the positive direction in Vietnam today 24 LIST OF RESEARCH WORKS RELATED TO THE THESIS Vũ Mạnh Dũng (2016), Vietnamese patriotism today, Journal of Philosophy, No 11 (306) Vũ Mạnh Dũng (2018), Some views on ensuring the 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