加强法制和道德建设,促进社会主义精神文明建设,实现社会全面进步,是我们党和国家今后一个时期的重要任务。党的十五大明确指出,要健全社会主义法制,依法治国,建设社会主义法治国家。同时又指出,必须加强思想道德建设。之所以既强调法制又强调思想道德建设,其原因就在于法制和道德都是维护社会秩序、克服社会不良现象,提高全民整体素质,实现社会主义精神文明的重要手段,而且二者是紧密联系、相辅相成的。道德和法律都属于上层建筑,都是由经济基础决定的。它们在对经济基础产生反作用的同时,两者之间也互为影响。道德和法律有许多共同之处,它们都是调节人与人、人与社会之间关系的行为规范。不同之处在于,法律重在规定不能做什么,而道德则重在倡导应当做什么;法律具有强制性,而道德则主要依靠人的自觉性。但是,“法”与“德”虽然在调整人的行为过程中有各自的范畴,但二者是相互补充、相 Strengthening the legal system and moral construction, promoting socialist spiritual civilization and achieving all-round social progress are the important tasks for our Party and our country in the coming period. The 15th National Congress of the CPC made it clear that we must perfect the socialist legal system, govern the country according to law and build a socialist country ruled by law. At the same time, they pointed out that we must strengthen ideological and moral construction. The reason why both emphasizing the rule of law and emphasizing ideological and moral construction lies in the fact that both the legal system and morality are important means of maintaining social order, overcoming social undesirable phenomena, improving the overall quality of the entire people and realizing socialist spiritual civilization, and the two are closely linked, Complement each other. Both morality and law belong to the superstructure, all determined by economic fundamentals. While they are counter-productive to the economic base, they also influence each other. There are many similarities between morality and law, and they are norms governing the relationship between people, people and society. The difference is that the law focuses on what can not be done, and moral emphasis on what should be done; the law is mandatory, while the moral relies mainly on human consciousness. However, although the “law” and the “morality” have respective categories in adjusting human behavior, they are complementary to each other