Quotes about the inherent goodness of human nature What are the arguments for the inherent goodness

1. Of all the moral qualities, the good nature is the most needed in the world. (Russell.)

2. At the beginning of human beings, nature is good. (The Three Character Classic.)

3. Don't take the good as small. (Liu Bei.)

As for the argument, the best way is the good deed itself, for example.

1, Uncle Sun Ao kills snakes.

2. King Chu Hui swallowed leeches.

3. Qu Yuan stone seam filling.

4, Song Renzong endured thirst.

5. The Buddha sacrificed his life to feed the tiger.

Without exception, these stories have subtly influenced people's behavior, and have become beautiful stories that have been praised to this day, and have become virtues that people admire.

Sexual goodness is Mencius's view. Mencius believed that human nature is inherently good, and people naturally have the four hearts of compassion, shame, resignation, and right and wrong, which are the differences between humans and animals, and they cannot become human beings without the four hearts.

The source of the theory of sexual goodness.

Mencius: "Everyone has compassion; Everyone has a heart of shame; Respectful heart is shared by everyone; Everyone has the heart of right and wrong. compassion, benevolence; The heart of shame is also righteousness; Respectful heart, courtesy; The heart of right and wrong, wisdom also.

Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom are not imposed on me from the outside, but also by me. ”

Mencius, Gongsun Choushang.

Everyone has a heart that can't bear to be human. The first king had the heart of not tolerating people, and Si had the government of not tolerating people.

With the heart of unbearable people, the government of unbearable people, and the palm of the world can be transported. Therefore, it is said that everyone has a heart that cannot bear others, and now when people see that their children will enter the well, they all have a heart of compassion. Either the internal friendship is also in the father of the son, Pei Lu's mother, or so the reputation of the township party friends, not the evil voice.

Appreciation: Mencius was hungry with "unbearable hearts".

On the "original heart" and establish the theory of sexual goodness. From the heart to the nature, from the heart to the heart to get the 'four ends'.

said, so people have the four virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom". That is, to regard the nature of goodness as something that is born with it. The four ends are the natural manifestation of human nature, the difference between humans and animals. Therefore, Mencius believed that without the four ends, one cannot become a human being.

Regarding the question of whether human beings are "inherently good" or "inherently evil", the ancient sages of the past have given many explanations.

For example, Mencius said that "nature is inherently good", so Confucianism advocates benevolence and benevolence, and takes "benevolence" as the standard for dealing with people.

Mozi said that he should "love and not attack", which naturally also believes that human beings are "inherently good".

But Xunzi said that people are "inherently evil", so they should use "etiquette" to restrain people's behavior. Han Feizi, a student of Xunzi, directly advocated the use of strict laws to regulate people's behavior.

So, what exactly is good and evil in human nature?

1. If the teacher assigns homework to students, some students will definitely not hand in the punishment if they are not informed in advance.

3. Children like to eat well, dress well, and play well, if you don't agree, the child's first reaction will definitely be to catch you.

4. On the road without traffic police and cameras, there are clear speed limit signs, and many people estimate that they will definitely drive according to their favorite speed.

With all this, can human nature still be good?

Not necessarily. The kid is not talented, thinking that the goodness of human nature depends on people's cultivation and education.

The ancients emphasized "self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the heavenly limbs", and it is precisely because of a high degree of self-discipline and profound knowledge, good education and the spirit of willing dedication that they can sacrifice themselves for the long-term development of the country and their parents, and achieve others, isn't this good?

People are born with uneven fingers, and naturally there is a difference between good and evil, and it is because of this that there are the above-mentioned bad behaviors. Therefore, the society has "no regularity and no circle", there is "the legal net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky", and there are assessments, supervision, evaluations, and rules.

In summary, people are born with both good and evil, good is rewarded, evil is rewarded, good travel is hungry and evil is rewarded in the end.

The proposer of the inherent goodness of human nature is Mencius. In "Mencius: The First Confession", Mencius proposed, "Water faith is not divided into things, and it is not divided into upper and lower things?" The goodness of human nature is also like water.

There is nothing wrong with people, and there is nothing wrong with water. Now the husband water, beating and jumping, can make the jaw; Radical and action, can be made in the mountains. Is it the nature of water?

And so it goes. What a person can do is not good, but so is his nature. ”

Mencius's theory of the goodness of the sexuality is well known in China, and he is also the staunchest and most powerful supporter of the theory of the goodness of the sexuality.

After all, Mencius was revered by later generations as the "sub-sage" second only to Confucius, and his status and influence were immeasurable. Therefore, for a long time, the view that human nature is inherently good has occupied an orthodox position, and Mencius's theory of the goodness of nature is not just rhetoric. Mencius introduced the "Theory of Sexual Goodness" in some of his writings.

For example, in the "Confessions", Mencius tried to prove the correctness of the view that human nature is inherently good, but it was obviously a bit far-fetched.

First of all, Mencius believed that the main reason why human beings are different from other animals is that they have "human nature", and this so-called "human nature" is attributed by Mencius to benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith.

Then Mencius said that since human nature is fundamentally benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith, and these are all good qualities, these good qualities must be based on "goodness" in order to develop. If human nature is inherently evil, how can there be benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith? So human nature must be good in the first place.

Obviously, Mencius's statement is a bit far-fetched, and Mencius directly summarized human nature as benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith. Turning a blind eye to other negative qualities is problematic in itself. However, in the ancient philosophical system, Mencius's cognition was already very advanced, and even today, it has very important reference significance.

We can extend this argument of human nature to the Confucian doctrine of Mencius's period, some of them think that sex is inherently good, and some people think that sex is inherently evil, I think it depends on personal understanding.

We wear a piece of people when they are born, nothing is hateful, in fact, people have a good nature, people are hateful because they have encountered some interests, and people may have selfishness in front of interests, so sometimes they will say that people are evil.