Professor Jiang Chang, a scholar of the Yangtze River

Research fields: ethics, axiology and Western Philosophy

General introduction

Jiang Chang, born in Xishui, Hubei Province in August 1957

Doctor of Philosophy,Dean of the Institute of Higher Humanities, Hubei University,Professor, Doctoral Tutor and Director of Institute of Ethics, School of Philosophy, Hubei University Director of the Center for Ethics and Civilization Research of Hubei Province,The provincial leader in the key characteristic disciplines of philosophy,Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions in Hubei Province, Enjoy the State Council Special Contribution Expert Allowance.

Jiang Chang is the former president of the International Society of Philosophy of Value (ISVI).Vice President of the Chinese Society of Ethics,Vice President of the Chinese Society of Philosophy of Value,President of Hubei Ethics Society,Vice President of Hubei Philosophical Society.

The proposed and elaborated modern happiness ethics is considered as one of the representative ethical systems in China.

He is currently the chief expert of the National Social Science Foundation's major bidding project "Constructing the Mainstream Value Culture of China", and is presiding over the key topic of the National Social Science Foundation "Research on Western Virtue Ethics".

Research direction

He has been engaged in the study of ethics, axiology and western philosophy for a long time, and has made pioneering contributions to the study of Western value theories and concepts in China.

Main contributions

A catalogue of published works by the author

Twenty monographs have been translated and more than 200 papers have been published.

1. Mainstream Value Culture and Its Construction in China (Research Report Collection, Co-authored), People's Publishing House, June 2013.

2. Research on Socialist Core Value Concept. Beijing Normal University Press, December 2012.

3. On Virtue, People's Publishing House, September 2011.

4. Comparisons and Melting: A Comparative Study of Contemporary Chinese and Western Value Philosophy (Editor-in-Chief), Hubei People's Publishing House, April 2010.

5. On the Justice of Educational Examination. Hubei People's Publishing House, September 2007.

6. Happiness and Elegance (co-authored with Zhou Hongyan), People's Publishing House, June 2006.

7. Happiness and Harmony, People's Publishing House, September 2005 (reprinted in 2008).

8. Towards Elegant Survival: A Study of China's Social Value Choice in the 21st Century. China Social Science Press, April 2004.

9. Modern Western Philosophy of Value (Editor-in-Chief), Hubei People's Publishing House, August 2003.

10. Traditional Values and Contemporary China (co-authored by Dai Maotang), Hubei People's Publishing House, October 2001.

11. Theoretical Ethics. Hubei People's Publishing House, October 2000.

12. Jiangchang Selected Collection. Central China University of Technology Press, September 1999.

13. The Road to Happiness: An Apocalypse of Ethics. Hubei People's Publishing House, February 1999.

14. Western Values and Contemporary China (co-authored by Dai Maotang), Hubei People's Publishing House, September 1997 and December 2002 (revised edition).

15. The Continent of Pioneering Mind: Philosopher Scientist Freud. Fujian Education Press, December 1995.

16. Autonomy and Harmony: Leibniz's Metaphysics Study. Reprinted by Wuhan University Press in November 1995 and April 2005.

17. The Study of Modern Western Value Theory. Shaanxi Normal University Press, December 1992.

The author has published a catalogue of translated works

1. [English] Hutchison, The System of Moral Philosophy (translated with Shu Hongyue and Song Wei), Zhejiang University Press, April 2010.

2. [US] Cesenberg, Value and Duty: The Basis of Empirical Ethics, Renmin University Press, January 1992.

3. [Japan] Mukou Chang Sanlang, Philosophy of Value (translated with Ma Junfeng), People's University of China Press, August 1989.

Prize record

Six achievements were awarded the first, second and third prizes for outstanding achievements at provincial and ministerial levels. Four projects of the National Social Science Foundation were successively presided over, and one project of the National Social Science Foundation was appraised as excellent by the National Social Science Planning Office.