Hebei political work network 2006-4- 19 9:07:47

Correctly handling the righteousness and interests under the conditions of market economy is morality. It is a spiritual belief and ideal pursuit, and a lofty realm of life. Profit refers to interest and utility. The dispute between righteousness and benefit is a great debate in the history of China's philosophy. There are different views on the relationship between them in the history of China. Confucianism clearly advocates that "righteousness" precedes "profit", emphasizes "righteousness" and ignores "profit". Confucius said, "A gentleman is righteous, but a villain is profitable." Advocating that you can "commit suicide to death" at critical moments. Mencius said, "... being born is what I want; Righteousness is what I want, but I can't have it both ways, and so can people who give up their lives for righteousness. Mencius said to Liang Huiwang, "Why does the king want to make a profit? It's just benevolence. " Confucius and Mencius advocated the opposition between righteousness and benefit, and advocated righteousness and exclusion. Dong Zhongshu also believes that "profit can cultivate one's health, while righteousness can cultivate one's heart". Mozi thought: "righteousness is beneficial." Among the three forms of Mozi, the most important one is "the thought of criminal politics, the benefit of the national economy and people's livelihood" Mohism believes that righteousness is the most precious among the values of all things in the world; The content of "righteousness" is nothing more than "benefit", which is the great interest of the people of the country, that is, "righteousness" means "benefit", and "righteousness" and "benefit" are fundamentally unified. In Song Dynasty, Cheng Hao also had the distinction of righteousness and benefit. He believes: "When benevolence and righteousness are given, people will benefit." Profit is righteousness, and everything in the world is just righteousness. "

Although people and animals have the same instinct of "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages", people are human because they have "righteousness" above "profit", that is, they do not take "profit" as the ultimate pursuit, but take noble spirit as the highest pursuit; Not all "harm" is avoided, but "righteousness" is the criterion. When we encounter something moral and should be done, we dare to do it. Therefore, traditional morality regards "righteousness" as a spiritual belief and the highest value standard of life. The formation of China's traditional moral value orientation revolves around the debate on the relationship between righteousness and benefit. Therefore, the process of "the dispute between justice and benefit" is the formation and development of China's traditional moral values, moral behaviors and moral concepts, and it is also the reflection and epitome of China's political, economic and cultural development.

China's traditional moral norms guide people's behavior and spiritual pursuit. Influenced by thousands of years of traditional morality, China people advocate justice first, justice first, and even risk their lives to fight for justice at critical moments. Being brave is the essence and mode of the distinction between righteousness and benefit. Xunzi said: "It is a gentleman's courage to die unsatisfied and persevere in righteousness." Have courage, from the Analects of Confucius for politics. Confucius also said, "If you don't do the right thing, you will be brave." It means "if you don't do what you should do, you just don't have the courage". On the other hand, it means "be brave". Being brave is a kind of national integrity in a big way, which is embodied in individuals. It is a person's moral cultivation and life cultivation. Throughout the ages, countless heroes have died heroically for justice. Su Wu, who had a sense of honor and shame in ancient times, Yan Zhenqing, who died unyielding, and Wen Tianxiang, who never died since ancient times, all left the brilliance of the soul. In recent years, Guo Chai, who died for his country, died heroically for saving state property and putting out fires. They sacrificed their personal lives for the national justice and public interests, which is a model of sacrificing their lives for justice.

In order to carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, help social justice and promote the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, our city approved the Regulations of Tangshan Municipality on Rewarding and Protecting Citizens' Courageous Acts on 1997 to reward and protect courageous acts. In addition, in order to encourage and advocate the courageous behavior, the city has also set up a courageous reward fund. All these have played a positive role in promoting healthy fashion, maintaining social fairness and forming a good atmosphere of being brave in the whole society.

The Chinese nation attaches importance to and pursues righteousness, showing a strong national style and temperament. It is a very precious treasure in the treasure house of national spirit and a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. At present, it is of great practical significance to deal with the relationship between righteousness and interest. The relationship between righteousness and benefit is reflected in real life: in life, we should speak out bravely and save the world; Usually, personality and moral integrity will not change because of the temptation of "profit"; In the face of difficulties, we should see clearly what interests are like, control interests with righteousness, and even benefit with righteousness. With the establishment of socialist market economy, profound changes have taken place in politics, economy and life of the whole society. The market economy has strengthened people's competitive consciousness and pioneering spirit, but the market economy aimed at pursuing profits has cultivated people's hedonism, money worship and egoism. Some people even forget righteousness for their own selfish interests and abandon righteousness by hook or by crook. This has both social and moral reasons. Therefore, under the socialist market economy, it is necessary to establish people's correct morality and values, establish a good atmosphere of "righteousness and benefit the world" in the whole society, advocate people's sense of public morality, guide people to put public interests first, and put righteousness into every aspect of social life.

Traditional virtue has rich ideological connotation, which is constantly enriched and developed in practice. Therefore, to inherit and carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, we must also make them develop with the development of the times. In the new era of socialism, the traditional relationship between justice and benefit is not only manifested in sacrificing one's life for justice, fighting gangsters, sacrificing oneself to save others and so on. It is also manifested in the courage to take action on general issues, such as resisting counterfeiting, stopping businesses from being short of weight and maintaining order in public places. Every bit of social life embodies social fairness and justice. As long as it is for social fairness and justice and the public interest, what should be done is put into action, which is the perfect embodiment of the traditional moral concept of "being brave and governing the country with righteousness" in real life.

The traditional virtues of the Chinese nation are beautiful ethics that have been accumulated for thousands of years and respected from generation to generation. It embodies the social fashion of the Chinese nation and constitutes the spirit of the Chinese nation. Every citizen is the inheritor of traditional virtues and the practitioner of socialist moral norms. Therefore, cultivating people's sentiment, forging people's character and shaping people's personality with traditional virtues and achieving "self-cultivation" through "moral education" will further promote the improvement of the overall social atmosphere, which is the basis for maintaining social stability, establishing a harmonious society and accelerating reform, opening up and modernization.