Abstract: Recently, the lack of effectiveness in moral education in most higher education institutes has been a thorny problem that restrained the development of Higher Education for a long time. Although the dilemmas faced by moral education were aroused by several factors, the essential reason should be attributed to the absence of humanistic education. It is because humanistic education is the premise of universality of moral education in higher education. Otherwise, moral education will easily be transformed into political utilitarian behavior. Basically, moral education itself has its value rationality and share the responsibility of cultivating the spirit of humanism. Therefore, the recurrence of humanistic education is the fundamental solution for improving moral education in higher education institutes.