ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author gives instances of this transmission in order to suggest that everyday morality is, among other things, a response to political events that have created moral dilemmas. He suggests that everyday judgements of action and everyday actions themselves are historically saturated. Revolutionary commitment had meant acting for the greater good of political life, even if secretly also acting for family and friends. China is a socialist country where the people have continuing trust in the Party, Therefore, in exchange, the Party should be more responsible for the masses. Reliance on mutual support and favour was the secret to surviving the famine and is now the means of setting up arrangements of trust. Thus, in the ordinary actions of domestic life and creation and maintenance of interpersonal relations, in the less-frequent visits to temples and in the occasions of petitioning and mass protest, Chinese citizens exercise a repertoire of quite different discourses for moral judgements and actions.
