China Social Science Review

No.1, 2023

Reconstructing the Writing Ethics of Author Theory

(Abstract)

Xu Zhongjia

At present, the anomie of writing ethics is one of the reasons for our dissatisfaction with writing on author theory. Such writing requires an attitude of sincerity. The goal of author theory is the rational exploration of the “general laws of the mind,” and the sincerity of the writing entity should be set up on this basis. Another important aspect of writing ethics is the subject-object relationship. A good relationship between subject and object should reflect the practice of virtue. The realization of this ideal state is based on the consensus and pursuit of the general laws of the mind, with its mutual understanding and mutual gain. To reconstruct the ethical norms of writings on author theory, we need to change the writing entities’ weaknesses and the vulgarization of the subject-object relationship. More fundamentally, we need to rebuild the norms and spiritual principles of the literary field.