Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science)

Robot Ethics: The Ethics of Machines or Human Beings?

YAN Kun-ru

2019, 21 (4): 331-337. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.001

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Whether robot ethics is the ethics of machines or human beings is a controversial issue in the academic circle. In the view of foreign scholars， although there are some relations between robot ethics and machine ethics， they have different research fields. Robot ethics is about how human beings design， handle and treat robots， while machine ethics is about how machines act to accord with human beings' ethical behaviors. Moreover， machine ethics takes machines as the responsibility agent， but robot ethics takes human beings as the responsibility agent. It is of great significance to both of them to clarify the concept of robot ethics and define the research scope of robot ethics and machine ethics. Robot ethics， as an ethics that considers human beings as the responsibility agent， can only be truly realized in the design of robots from the perspectives of analyzing the ethical position of human beings towards robots， the research approach of robot ethics and the institutional guarantee of robot ethics.

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Examining and Interpreting Physical Consumption from the Perspective of Consumption Ideology

LIN Bin， DENG Qiong-yun

2019, 21 (4): 337-343. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.002

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When consumption， as an ideology， replaces the dominance of production in the consumer society， two dimensions-implied meaning chain and temptation mechanism， symbolic consumption and manufacturing segmentation-are applied to continuously create consumption and achieve the purpose of capital proliferation so as to ensure the legitimacy and appropriateness of consumption or consumption behavior. The examination on physical consumption in this social form mainly takes the form of labor commodities， daily aesthetics， and freedom of consumption. The message of the various manifestations of physical consumption is that the physical body is rediscovered and shaped in the consumer society， which should possess the most revolutionary possibility. However， under the manipulation of consumerist ideology， the myth of body liberation is replaced by the consumption myth-a narcissistic consumption liberation， which has successfully belied the true liberation of human beings.

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An Empirical Test on the Price Leading and Volatility Spillover Effect of the Three Index Futures in China's A-share Market

TIAN Shu-xi， XIA Tian-yang， YANG Tong-shu

2019, 21 (4): 344-350. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.003

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Based on the VAR-BEKK-GARCH model， this paper tests the price leading and volatility spillover effect of the three stock index futures in China's A-share market during the great turbulent period in 2015. The test results show that during the turbulent period， the price leading effect of the CSE 500 index futures is significantly stronger than that of the CSI 300 index futures and the SSE 50 index futures， while its volatility spillover effect is significantly weaker than that of the CSI 300 index futures and the SSE 50 index futures. That is to say， the price leading mechanism of the stock index futures can improve the information efficiency and reduce the volatility of China' stock market. The test results are still robust after the “unbinding” of China' stock index futures. In view of the differences the weighted stocks of CSI 300， SSE 500 and CSE 500， the conclusions will provide reference for the differentiated supervision and the design of new contracts China's stock index futures.

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A Study on Inconspicuous Consumption Tendency in Luxury Consumption

ZHAO Xiao-yu

2019, 21 (4): 350-359. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.004

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With the rapid development and continuous maturity of the luxury consumption market in China， more and more luxury consumers begin to show a rational and low-key consumption tendency. Luxury consumption behaviors without the purpose of showing off are becoming increasingly common. On basis of the theories of self-construction and cultural capital， the relationship between variables that reflect the characteristics of consumers' socioeconomic status， such as income， occupation and education level， and the inconspicuous consumption tendency is studied. The internal motivations of inconspicuous consumption tendency are analyzed from the perspectives of the pursuit of life quality， the identification of brand culture， the in-group belonging and the risk aversion. With data collected through survey methods， the prevalence of inconspicuous consumption tendency in China is verified and the typical demographic characteristics and psychological motivation of consumers are revealed. Theoretical significance and managerial implications of the research results are summarized.

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The Analysis of Formation and Governance of Government Behavior and Excess Capacity——An Empirical Study Based on Industrial Panel Data from 2006 to 2016

CHEN Jun-long， LI Liang-zhe， ZHU Jing

2019, 21 (4): 360-366. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.005

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Government behavior is closely related to the formation of excess capacity， and is also the key to reduce the excess capacity， so it is necessary to explore a scientific and rational government behavior model. In this paper， government behavior is subdivided into the government ownership of state-owned property， the soft budget constraints and the government regulations so as to reveal its impact on the mechanism of excess capacity in theory. The cointegration method is used to measure the capacity utilization rate of various industrial sectors in China. The GMM dynamic panel model is built based on the panel data from 2006 to 2016 to reveal the relationship between government behavior and excess capacity. The results show that the proportion of state-owned shares and capacity utilization rate of the industry are inverted U-shaped， and there exists an optimal proportion of state-owned shares; the soft budget constraint level of the industry is positively correlated with the degree of excess capacity; the more emphasis the government places on the industry development， the higher the excess capacity in the industry; the expansion of the scale of the enterprise and the industry will increase the degree of excess capacity; improving the level of opening up will help to resolve excess capacity.

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Knowledge Graph of Domestic Holistic Governance Research ——Bibliometric Analysis of CSSCI and Core Journals Based on CNKI Database in 2008-2018

SI Xiao-yue， ZHAO Xia-xia

2019, 21 (4): 367-373. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.006

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With the theme of “holistic governance”， 330 articles were extracted from CNKI's CSSCI and core journals from 2008 to 2018. Through the visual analysis of bibliometrics， it is found that the number of publications is increasing year by year， and attention to this continues to increase; the cooperative relationship is mostly based on the teachers and students of the same college; the research content closely follows the national macro policy， and the research theme forms two core clusters of “holistic governance” and “fragmentation”， and is supplemented by multiple small clusters such as “public service” and “cooperative governance”. Overall， the content of holistic governance research is deepening and the research boundary is expanding. However， there are still some shortcomings in the application of theoretical localization and related theoretical integration. Therefore， in order to promote the internal cooperation within the institutions， deepen the research of theoretical hot spots and difficulties， and meet the requirements of the era of big data， it is necessary to put forward the basic ways to broaden the overall governance research.

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The Influence of Contact on Police Performance: The Mediating Effects of Corruption Perception

SUN Zong-feng， ZHAO Wen-bo， LI Jin-tao

2019, 21 (4): 373-380. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.007

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As the one who interacts with police， the public plays a significant role in police performance evaluation. Using the SGSS data in 2017 and factor analysis， this article identifies four dimensions of public assessment of police performance: legitimate performance， skill performance， responsive performance， and the equity performance. Public contact with the police is an important factor affecting the evaluation of police performance. The article argues that corruption perception， the mediating variable， makes it reasonable why contact has an important effect on police performance. According to the SEM model， the frequency of contact is not so important and the nature of contact matters. Compared with passive contact， active contact with the police can improve citizens' perception of government corruption， and lower the level of police performance evaluation by the public. Corruption perception plays a partial mediating role between passive contact and police performance evaluation， and has a full mediating effect between active contact and police performance evaluation.

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An Analysis of Influencing Factors of Time Bank Old-age Service Model in China Based on Social Exchange Theory

YANG Fan， CAO Yan-chun

2019, 21 (4): 381-387. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.008

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China's time bank old-age service model still has some practical problems， such as small coverage and low participation. Taking social exchange theory as the analytical framework， this paper is based on a large sample survey conducted in Shanghai and finds that the main factors affecting the development of time bank in China include the currency of time bank， the financial support of the government， the active participation and contribution of other members， etc. Therefore， we should increase government credit support and enhance the trust level of the time bank old-age service model; we should encourage public input to enhance the timeliness of social exchange of time bank old-age service model; we should apply advanced technologies to optimize the characteristics of time currency in order to strengthen the security of the social exchange and the currency; we should strengthen the construction of “filial piety culture” and consolidate the value basis of social exchange.

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Challenges and Responses of Digital Economy to Market Supervision——A Discussion Centered on “Data-related Behavior”

CHEN Bing

2019, 21 (4): 388-397. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.009

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Digital economy， as an important support and platform to promote high-quality growth of China's economy， has provided an important boost to deepen the comprehensive reform of the market economy system and mechanism. The in-depth development of digital economy is reflected in the marketization and dynamic competition of the data of the ecological industrial chain of “artificial intelligence， blockchain， cloud computing， and big data”， which has brought impact to the current market supervision system. Focusing on the operation of the digital economy and ecological industrial chain on basis of the collection， storage， organization and analysis of the raw data， the development， application， opening and sharing of the data， and the analysis of the appropriateness and legitimacy of different links in data-related activities， the paper advocates that the key points of current and future market regulatory reforms should be to continuously promote marketization and law-based regulation， introduce technology regulation， emphasize the integration of technology regulation and law-based regulation and move from market regulation to market governance.

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The People's Mediation System of China's Intellectual Property Disputes and Its Perfection from the Perspective of Fengqiao Experience

FEI Yan-ying， ZHAO Liang

2019, 21 (4): 398-404. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.010

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As a model of social governance practice with Chinese characteristics， Fengqiao Experience has been used for relevant professional fields， after more than half a century of development. Fengqiao Experience in the new era has achieved innovative development in the people's mediation system， namely， following the concept of “autonomy， rule of law and rule of virtue”， promoting the diversification of the people's mediation institutions， and exploring the information sharing mechanism of the people's mediation. Viewed from the perspective of Fengqiao Experience， the people's mediation system of the intellectual property disputes in China has some problems， such as the need for social trust to be improved， the need to strengthen the construction of mediation institutions， and the need to improve the coordination mechanism. Therefore， we should strengthen the legislation and propaganda of the people's mediation of the intellectual property disputes， promote the all-round construction of the people's mediation institutions and structure the information coordination mechanism of the people's mediation of the intellectual property disputes.

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Digital Labor and Data Capitalization in Digital Economy Era——Taking Marx's Capital Logic as a Clue

LIU Lu-lu

2019, 21 (4): 404-411. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.011

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Digital labor， which has attracted much attention and heated discussion， is the product of the rapid development of artificial intelligence and Internet technology， providing a new path for the current capital accumulation. It means the beginning of the research on the digitalization of Marx's labor theory of value. Taking capital logic of Marx as a clue， this article confirms the theoretical rationality of the existence of digital labor and analyzes the production process of the surplus value of digital labor from the point of data becoming commodities. From two factors of civilization and consumption of capital， it also analyzes and affirms the value and significance of digital labor. In addition， the existence of digital labor is a double-edged sword-a booster to accelerate economic development and industrial transformation， and a catalyst for human alienation and time criticism.

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Reconstruction of the Theory of the Transformation from Money to Capital——Based on Uno School's Capital-led Market Theory

YOU Xin-wei

2019, 21 (4): 412-418. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.012

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With regard to the transformation of money into capital， Marx's discussion has two connotations， thus there are two different ways of theoretical interpretation in the academic world. One is about the dualistic theoretical path of capitalism， i.e. constructing the theory of capital on the basis of constructing a market theory of monetary centralism， in which the transition of money to capital is theoretically broken. The other is that we should unify the money and capital logically， so as to construct a kind of capital-led market in theory. This is the monistic way in understanding capitalism. The Uno School in Japan is the representative of the latter one. However， there still remains some dualistic understanding of money and capital in Uno Kozo's theory. Obata Michiaki， the representative scholar of the third generation of Uno School， developed Uno Kozo's theory about the form of value and money with his theory of the imitation in commodity exchange， the time in commodity world and the species of value， in which way he reconstructed the theory of the transformation from money to capital successfully.

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Meaning Construction of Multimodal Metaphors on Poverty in News Cartoons

LIU Yi， LIU Ping

2019, 21 (4): 419-427. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.013

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Based on the framework of Conceptual Blending Theory， the multimodal metaphors are analyzed in 198 poverty-themed news cartoons. By explaining the meaning construction process of six kinds of poverty metaphors (i.e. patches， hats， bowls， shanties， natural barriers and tools) among input space， generic space and blending space， the multi-dimensional meaning construction of poverty and its causes in news cartoons are explored through multimodal metaphors， which not only embodies the attitudes of the media and the public towards poverty and poor population， but also reveals the positive attitudes of the current political media towards overcoming poverty. It is hoped that a more profound and systematic cognition of the social issue could be achieved through the interpretations of the multimodal metaphors on poverty.

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“Two Cultures” in The New Men by C. P. Snow from the Perspective of Communicative Action

JIANG Hui-ling

2019, 21 (4): 428-434. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.014

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The British novelist C. P. Snow is well known for the “two cultures” controversy， and from a close and objective scrutiny， it is found that his novel The New Men both reflects the contradiction as well as inaccessibility of the “two cultures”， and at the same time contradicts with the “scientism” in his lecture. Based on the critique of instrumental reason and the theory of communicative action by Jurgen Habermas， it can be seen that Martin， the scientist hero of The New Men， first devoted himself to the creation of the atom bomb and the pursuit of power， then hesitated between scientific and technological reason and morality， and finally renounced the creation of the atom bomb and the power of Barford， reconciling with his humanist brother Lewis. The colonization and resumption of the lifeworld are realized through “fair and sincere” communication of the brothers， from which the important function of humanistic spirit can be seen in the modern world， where the combination of science， technology and ideology might yield severe consequences.

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Changes of Mormon Female Images in the American Literature: 1840s-1940s

ZOU Yun-min， YUAN Xian-lai

2019, 21 (4): 435-440. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.04.015

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Images of Mormon women in the American literature underwent drastic changes and registered antithesis between 1840s and 1940s. During the period of Salt Lake Valley settlement， “Mother in Heaven” was a prominent image in Mormon female writings， serving as the ideal self for Mormon women so as to consolidate the uniqueness of its ethnicity; during the period of Utah State establishment， Mormon female images often appeared in the mainstream literature as puppets or victims， helping to justify the charges of Mormon marriage as the source of moral contamination; during the period of Post-Manifesto， Mormon female images tended to embody the feature of homogeneity， namely， a combination of ethnic characteristics and American commonness， making the hard asserted Mormon ethnicity doomed to dissolve. Behind the literary combat on Mormon female images， there exist Mormon self-awareness and self-fashioning during different historical periods， which reveals the cultural conflicts and gaps against the general tendency of national integration in the American West.

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