隨著臺灣的逐漸現代化，經濟的起飛茁壯，社會結構的急遽改變，價值觀念的多 元化，家庭傳統功能的式微，使得傳統中華文化對於家庭倫理道德的重視受到衝擊和挑戰。 本文分別從傳統、現代與後現代三種角度來分析「臺灣地區家庭倫理的變遷」，著重家庭倫 理的意涵轉變，並配合部份統計數字加以探討並說明臺灣地區家庭倫理與社會現況。 本文結論指出傳統的家庭倫理觀念也不能完全捨棄，而是要批判地承續，並針對社會結構的 變遷做適當的調整。重新認識、理解和詮釋「家庭倫理」的內涵，正是有待社會整體自覺性 地努力去達成的，使能達到儒家「老者安之、少者懷之」的理想境界。

　　　　　Traditional Chinese culture puts emphasis on family ethics. However, accompanied by Taiwan's modernization such as the dramatic growth of economic achievements, rapid change of social system, conceptual diversity of values, and the decline of traditional functions of family, traditional family ethics has gradually faced severe conflict and challenge. This essay tries to analyze "the change of family ethics in Taiwan:, in terms of tradition, modernization and post-modernization. By means of these three different perspectives, it explores the shift of meaning and contents of family ethics and discusses the current situations in Taiwan's society. In conclusion, this essay points out that we should not disroot traditional ideas of family ethics, but rather to critically review these values, in accordance with the change of social structure and new concepts raised by post-modern thought. Nevertheless, the whole society should consciously endeavor to achieve the Confucian idea of "giving the aged rest and treating the young tenderly".