Ethical Analysis of Circle Culture

Abstract

Circle culture is the sum total of people’s ideology, values, emotional attitudes, social psychology and behavior patterns formed based on circle. “Attaching importance to relations”, “cherishing affection and personal loyalty”, and “paying attention to ethics” are its main connotations. It has been praised for many positive values and criticized for some negative influences. Therefore, the circle culture can neither be completely denied nor fully affirmed, but should be developed rationally through inheritance and innovation, and its evil should be suppressed and its good should be promoted. To correct the circle culture, we should take equality and justice as the basis, follow the way of loyalty and forgiveness, and eliminate the improper consciousness of “one of us”; we should transform from kindheartedness to philanthropism, reverse the closed thinking of circle culture; we should strengthen personal morality, raise public virtue, eliminate the malpractice of circle culture egoism.