An example of Bill Gates s self improvement, what deeds Bill Gates has

Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, announced when celebrating his 50th birthday in London a few days ago that his tens of billions of dollars of wealth will be donated to society and will not be left to children and grandchildren as an inheritance. (The Beijing News, November 2) What touched me was not Bill Gates's selflessness, but a society that allows the rich to voluntarily leave huge amounts of wealth to society, and believes that donating all their wealth is the most responsible measure for their children and grandchildren: without the shadow of their elders, the dignity and ability of their children and grandchildren can be fully protected.

This reminds me of Lin Zexu's life without permanent property, some people advised him to accumulate some money, so that his children and grandchildren will not be difficult in the future, Lin Zexu said: "If the children and grandchildren are like me, what will I do with the money?" Children and grandchildren are not as good as me, what are you doing with money?

Although they do not leave property to their children and grandchildren, the two still give people a somewhat different feeling, Lin Zexu's measures are a little helpless: children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and the happiness of children and grandchildren is handed over to fate; Bill Gates, on the other hand, gives people a confident feeling: social goodness is the most reliable guarantee for everyone, and handing over the happiness of children and grandchildren to the society ——— Bill Gates donating all his property reflects a more positive psychology of seeking benefits for his children, which is consistent with the nature of human beings to pay attention to their own continuation, which is rational and natural.

Everyone should be noble, but society cannot force everyone to be noble, nor can it force all rich people to donate their wealth like Bill Gates. For society to move everyone towards moral progress, it must have a minimum of guarantees: the dignity of each person will be respected, the efforts of individuals will be recognized, and everyone will have a better tomorrow as a member of the social community.

Only in this way, even out of narrow family ethics considerations, people will hope that society will get better and better, and paying attention to society is like paying attention to one's own family, or even more important than family. Admittedly, it is unjust for someone to have much more wealth than others just because they were born into a wealthy family. However, when the conditions are not met, I do not advocate that everyone learn from Bill Gates, or use him to insinuate that the unwillingness of the rich to donate is selfish and unkind to the rich - good morality also needs a good moral platform and good social customs, so that people can have the confidence to expect happiness.

Donating all property to society is the embodiment of noble morality, and leaving property to children and grandchildren cannot be said to be immoral, we cannot necessarily think that the moral obligation of society is higher than the moral obligation of the family, only when the society can carry everyone's expectations for the future, people will integrate the moral obligation of the family into the moral obligation of the society, and make a rational act similar to that of Bill Gates.

Microsoft President Bill. Gai Ci has donated hundreds of millions of assets to charity and has pledged to donate the majority of his estate to charity.