TTLA: Aristotle's ethical thought and its significance for the improvement of Vietnamese human ethics today

Author name: Pham Quynh Trang

Thesis title: Aristotle's ethical thought and its significance for the improvement of Vietnamese human ethics today

Dissertation field: Philosophy

Major: CNDVBC & CNDVLS Code: 62 22 80 05

Name of the postgraduate training unit: University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Literature - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

1. Purpose and research objects of the thesis

Research purpose:The analysis clarifies the prerequisites for the formation and content of Aristotle's ethical thought, thereby evaluating its significance for the improvement of Vietnamese human ethics today.

Research object:Aristotle's ethical thought and its values ​​for perfecting Vietnamese human ethics today.

2. Research methods used

The thesis mainly uses philosophical approach, along with research methods such as: logic - history, analysis - synthesis, deduction, induction, comparison, abstraction, generalization, etc. In some specific cases, it is combined with interdisciplinary approach.

3. Main results and conclusions

3.1. Main results

One is, overview of research related to the thesis topic.

Second,analyze and clarify the socio-economic, legal and polis context; culture, art and science and ideological premises, especially the life and career of Aristotle as the self-premise for the formation of his ethical thought.

          Three is, clarifying the basic contents of Aristotle's ethical thought on: ethics and moral education, on moderateness, on goodness and justice.

BsoundTo be,Analyze the goal of perfecting ethics and the current state of ethics in Vietnamese people, thereby seeing the complementarity of Aristotle's ethical thoughts and the lessons of those thoughts for perfecting ethics in Vietnamese people today.

3.2. Conclusion

- Aristotle's ethical thoughts on morality and moral education, on the Good, the just mean and justice are fundamental contents of historical and contemporary significance, his inheritance and creative development on the basis of ancient Greek civilization.

- Based on the goal of building Vietnamese people to meet the development needs of the country in the context of a socialist-oriented market economy, globalization and international integration, along with urgent issues of perfecting Vietnamese human ethics from family, school and society that have been raised in the viewpoint of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the dedicated research works of scholars, the study and pointing out the complementarities and lessons learned from Aristotle's ethical thought are truly meaningful for perfecting Vietnamese human ethics today.

SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS

The author's name: Pham Quynh Trang

Thesis title: Aristotle's ethical thinking and its meaning for the improvement of Vietnamese human morality

Scientific branch of the thesis: Philosophy

Major: Historical materialism and dialectical materialism Code: 62 22 80 05

The name of postgraduate training institution: University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Hanoi National University.

1. Thesis purpose and objectives

Purpose of the study:The analysis clarifies the preconditions for the formation and content of the ethical thought of Aristotle, thereby assessing its significance for the improvement of Vietnamese human morality.

Object of study:The ethics of Aristotle and its values ​​for the improvement of Vietnamese human morality.

2. Research methods

The thesis uses the philosophical approach primarily, along with research methods such as: logic - history, analysis - synthesis, interpretation, inductive, comparative, abstraction, generalization , etc., in combination with the interdisciplinary approach in some specific cases.

3. Major results and conclusions

3.1. The major results

Firstly,the overview of the research situation relates to thesis topic.

Second,the thesis analyzes, clarifies the socio-economic context, laws and polis; culture, art and science, and ideological premises, especially Aristotle's life and career, as a premise to his moral formation.

Third,the thesis clarifies the basic contents of Aristotle's ethical thought about ethics and moral education, equality, harmony and goodness.

Fourthly, the thesis analyzes the purpose of moral improvement and the current state of human morality in Vietnam to point out the complementarity of the meaning of Aristotle's moral thought and the lesson of that thought towards the improvement of human morality in Vietnam today.

3.2. Conclusions

- Aristotelian moral thinking and moral education, goodness, equanimity, and equality are fundamental and historical elements inherited and developed on the basis of ancient Greek civilization.

- Going from the goal of building the Vietnamese people to meet the development needs of the country in the context of the socialist-oriented market economy, globalization and international integration together with the issues set in the viewpoints of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the work of scholars on the Vietnamese people's morality improvement from family, school and society, the study and assertion of the complementarity and lessons learned from Aristotle's ethical thought are really meaningful for the improvement of Vietnamese human morality today.