The decisiveness of the relationship of material interests to morality

Marxism holds that the deepest essence of morality is the relationship between interests and interests. Of course, the real relationship between morality and interests can be further discussed, but this formulation at least shows that morality is essentially based on the actual social relations of human beings.

In order to deal with the various realistic social relations between people, it is necessary to rationally handle the various realistic social relations between people. Therefore, the question of human freedom involved in morality is actually a question of how a person's freedom can be realized in real social relations, and it is not primarily a question of conceptual freedom, but a question of real freedom. Real freedom is necessarily freedom limited by external objects, and in order to realize these freedoms, man must first learn to restrain himself.

Just from the point of view of the value of one tool:

Morality is nothing more than a necessary condition for many other freedoms, because if a person does not respect others and does not reconcile himself with others, it will be difficult for him to realize many of his desires and interests, especially in mature cooperative societies.

In fact, the key to handling interpersonal interests well is to learn to take into account the interests of others, that is, to make the form of realization of one's own interests have a certain universality. So in a sense, the task of morality is to realize the pursuit of the general good on the basis of the unique interests of the individual. This means that the moral agent must not only become a special individual, but also a universal individual; It is necessary not only to realize the special interests of individual grandchildren, but also to realize the general interests of everyone.

Morality and interest are not completely opposed, sometimes they are unified.

In some countries, ethics has been institutionalized through legislation. Japanese law stipulates that if someone finds something and returns it to its owner, regardless of whether the lost property is money or an item, the owner must pay a reward of 5% to 20% of the value of the lost property.

If this gratuity is not paid, the lost property cannot be recovered. Of course, if the scavenger can not accept the honorarium, but if he does, it should be, and no one should say that he is greedy, it is just that he balances the relationship between morality and profit. Such a rule will encourage more people to do good, and it will also allow people to learn to put righteousness before profit, learn to be grateful, and learn to be careful.

Of course, we should not forget what is right for the sake of profit, and we should correctly view and handle the relationship between morality and interests. A report in "Focus Interview" said that a young man spent more than 10,000 yuan on an augmentation in a medical aesthetic clinic, but not only did not reach the height promised by the clinic, but even normal walking became a problem. Such a forgetful thing has almost become a common thing in today's society, 38 yuan a Qingdao prawn, "sky-high fish", a barber shop of 10,000 yuan.

This is a loss of their heart, and they do not hesitate to harm the interests of customers for their own interests, and finally get the punishment they deserve.

Shen Zhaohua, a 75-year-old man, has sponsored 13 poor students, and later the old man fell ill, and the sponsored students were either in a bad situation and could not take care of the elderly, or because the funding was interrupted and no longer contacted the elderly. In today's society, how many people can be like the elderly, but there are many people like students who forget their righteousness. People always say that this society is very realistic, and it is true that they are willing to do anything in the face of interests, and without interests, they are like passers-by, and they distort the relationship between morality and interests.

In the present, society needs more people like the elderly. What is more needed is to know how to deal with the relationship between morality and interests, and to do good deeds with the idea of not asking for returns, even if you get a return afterwards, you will be at ease.

Life is a long road, you may inadvertently help others, maybe in your eyes this is just a gesture, but in the eyes of others it is a great kindness. The grace of a drop of water is reciprocated by a spring. Maybe they will be looking hard in the vast sea of people, trying to repay you in every possible way and make up for the guilt in their hearts.

Since you have already helped them, why not help them again and fulfill their wishes? Then accept their reward for you.

Moral cognition is aimed at moral paradigms that accurately reflect the relationship of interests.

Interest is the carrier of regulating society in a moral way, interest is the driving force for the generation and evolution of morality, and interest is the intermediary for the transformation of moral law into moral self-discipline. Morality reflects interests, morality realizes interests, and morality restricts interests. In practice, we should adhere to the method of combining theory with practice, look at social chaos from a critical perspective, and explore effective ways, so as to give full play to the guiding role of interests and the role of moral restraint and norms.