The loss of social morality 社会公德流失 From the cartoon given above,we can observe that there are many people in a bus. When seeing that an elder man is entering into the bus, the old man near the seat just stands up instantly, saying please have a seat here and offers his seat to the elder one. However, all of the other people around,young and healty, show no intention of giving seats to the old and infirm man. The cartoon aims at informing us of the phenomenon of the gradual loss of social morality. Quite a few people today are selfish and egocentric. when putting self-interest in the first place, they tend to overlook others benefit or feelings and become nonchalant. Moreover, this phenomenon can also be attributed to peoples concern that their social morality, which canbe best expressed through kindness, hospitality and warm-hearted behaviors,will sometimes invite unnecessary trouble. However,no one can deny the importance of social morality. It is conducive to the harmony of society, people with the awareness of social morality are more likely to provide others with a helping hand, endeavor to abide by social orders and curb on their undesirable behaviors. Confronted with the inexorable decline in the emphasis of social ethics, The authorities should launch a large-scale educational campaign to create an atmosphere of respecting social ethics. Coinciding with this move, we ourselves should also enhance the consciousness of it. (241words) |