道德是人类社会活动现象和意识现象,是“人们用来调节人对人的关系的简单原则”。道德作为社会经济发展的产物,它不是一成不变的,它随着人们经济关系的变化而变化,随着社会的发展而发展。但是,一定历史时期的社会道德,也有其特殊的历史规定性。这种规定性决定了道德在不同历史阶段上的特殊作用和功能。这种作用和功能通过以下几个方面表现出来。 Morality is the phenomenon of human social activities and awareness of the phenomenon, “people used to regulate the relationship between man and simple principle.” As a product of social and economic development, morality is not immutable. It changes as people’s economic relations change and develops with the development of society. However, social morality in a certain historical period also has its own special historical stipulation. This stipulation determines the special role and function of morality in different historical stages. This role and function through the following aspects manifested.