Morality: Theoretical Contrasts from Philosophy and MAC

Abstract

Many schools of moral ideas have different explanations for the connotation, definition, law and application of morality. This paper aims to expound on the morality of ancient Greek philosophy and Kant’s ethics and analyze the moral theory of cooperation. From the definition and connotation, the origin, purpose and application show the moral aspects such as the differences and relations, the interdisciplinary communication and exchanges. By comparison, the authors find that philosophy discusses morality more in a speculative way, while moral cooperation theory analyzes morality from the perspective of modern science, such as biological evolution. Both ancient Greek philosophy and the theory of moral cooperation view morality from consequences, but Kant's moral philosophy is from the motivation of action. At the same time, the definition of the moral concept in the theory of moral cooperation is quite different from the views of philosophical schools. The authors think that researchers could reflect on the comparison results and seek new moral ideas and moral explanations.