Abstract:

he two paradigms of national social governance—governance according to rules and regulations and value outlook, are currently yet to be “organically unified” in terms of inherent logic. One of the reasons lies in the lack of the support of social justice theories which can unify the two. Adam Smith’s concepts of “restraining evil and encouraging goodness” and “ theory of retribution” elaborate on the basic principles of “punishment justice” in a rulegoverned society. Hegel’s theory of value justice which holds that State ethics is of utmost benevolence, social rule governance should be given priority and individuals should put righteousness before interests expounds the logical structure of the ethical system of State governance according to law. The theoretical base of socialist core value outlook that regulates national social governance should be a theoretical system which puts the principle of value justice in the first place, regulates the behavior of national social governance, arranges the ethical system and inherently contains the prioritized “value rankings”.
Key words： value justice ; national social governance; core value outlook