Chapter 1584 Human Nature
Chapter 1584 Human Nature
Human nature is very similar to other species, or nature is the unified natural character of all species.
Selfishness is a kind of concealment of one's own interests.
Selfishness, too, can be an act of securing one's own competitiveness.
Lions compete with each other for territory. When other lions come in, the lions in this territory will attack until the lion escapes.This behavior is nothing more than a lion protecting its own territory, and its purpose is only to ensure that the prey in the territory is for its own use.
The more food you have, the more you can ensure your survival. This is just a behavior to keep yourself competitive.
Although humans are (so-called) advanced animals, their instincts remain unchanged.It is these instincts that promote human evolution to a higher level.Selfishness can gain more competitiveness, so as to preserve the continuation of the race, and life can only occupy the position of survival when it has obtained more competing interests.
The higher the status, the better for development.
Advanced animals always occupy more advantages and have more choices. As individuals, the more competitive they are, the more they can ensure the continuation of their group. This is a kind of life that is endowed with instinct, and all life is afraid Dead, and immortality makes selfishness possible.If "not being selfish" can guarantee one's own immortality, then being not selfish must also be a kind of nature, but this phenomenon is rare in nature after all.
On the contrary, 'not selfish' is an artificially modified behavior.Behaviors implemented to achieve a certain purpose can be rewards, showing off, etc.
Behavior driven by purpose and motivation are all behaviors after thinking, which is obviously not nature.
More than 2000 years ago, the Confucian master Mencius proposed that human nature is inherently good.Later, another great Confucianist, Xunzi, said that human nature is inherently evil.Who is right and who is wrong.It has been debated until now with no result.
Actually, in my opinion.Both views are completely wrong.Why?It's very simple. If we say that human nature is inherently good, then it should be that kindness and kindness intermingle, and goodness and kindness should be inherited. There should be no evil people and evil things in this world, but in fact, in our world, evil people and evil things have always been in a steady stream, everywhere. ;
If it is said that human nature is inherently evil, then it should be that evil and evil are intertwined, and evil and evil inherit each other.There shouldn’t be good people and good deeds in this world, but in fact, there are always good people and good deeds in our world, everywhere.
It can be seen that the saying that human nature is inherently good and human nature is inherently evil cannot be established.
So, what is human nature?The answer is: selfishness.
Selfishness is the starting point and end point or fundamental point of human behavior. Subjectively, it is for oneself.That is to say, any normal person, all his actions are for himself.certainly.While subjectively being oneself, objectively it often appears to be others.
Human beings are inherently selfish, and there is already a very popular saying in China that expresses it very well, that is: "People do not do what they want. Heaven will destroy them."
Selfishness is an objective need for everyone to stand in this world. If a person fundamentally gives up his desire or needs, the result can only be in the competition between people and the struggle between people and the environment.In the end, he was eliminated mentally and physically, which is the so-called "Heaven and Earth".
A baby's first cry when it comes into the world.It showed its selfish nature: Please pay attention, I am coming!Is there anything to eat?feed me!Raise me up!
a child.When he has not been influenced by etiquette, he will never give up big pears like Kong Rong, as long as he likes to eat.
Kong Rong let Li because he has already understood that people’s needs are diverse. In addition to material needs, there are also spiritual needs, and he knows how to beat around the bush to calculate for himself-eat less to win the praise and love of adults. , more cool!
From the case of Kong Rong letting pears, we have already seen two points: one is that people's needs are diverse, which can be summed up in two categories: material and spiritual;
The second is that the ways people seek their own interests are diverse, which can also be classified into two categories: direct and indirect.
People sometimes focus on material needs, sometimes they focus on spiritual needs, sometimes they get their needs naked-naked-naked (direct way), and sometimes they get their needs by beating around the bush (indirect way).
It is precisely because people's needs and ways of seeking their own interests are diverse that people's selfish nature is often covered up.
Many times, many personnel affairs seem to be unexplainable by selfishness, such as the above-mentioned Kong Rong Rangli, which is mistakenly taken as a typical example of unselfishness in human nature.
Wen Tianxiang, who has always been called a hero by us, resolutely refused to surrender to the Mongols, knowing that he would lose his life because of this.Is he also for himself?The answer is yes, of course he is also for himself.
Mencius and his elders said: "Fish is what I want, bear's paw is also what I want; you can't have both, and those who give up fish and take bear's paw are also. Life is what I want, and righteousness is also what I want; The two cannot be obtained at the same time, and those who give up life for righteousness also. Life is what I want, and what I want is more than the living, so I don’t try to get it. Death is also what I hate, and what I hate is more than the dead, so I suffer. There is nothing to explain."
As a follower of Confucius and Mencius, loyalty is his highest creed and greatest spiritual need. Since he has already stated to the world that he "keeps his loyal heart according to history", asking him to surrender would make him feel worse than death.For him, sacrificing his life for righteousness is spiritual self-satisfaction. In his mind, it is more cost-effective to "retain loyalty and reflect history" than surrender.
Of course, we sincerely admire Wen Tianxiang's act of sacrificing his life. Everyone has only one life. To be able to give up one's life in this way and safeguard the dignity of the nation is definitely worthy of our affirmation!
Many heroic cases in ancient and modern China and abroad who "sacrificed their lives for righteousness" were either out of faith like Wen Tianxiang, considering their own spiritual needs; or they were forced by the situation, such as some combat heroes. A hero; or it is made by processing
The history of mankind is actually a history of selfishness.The change of dynasties and the evolution of history are all driven by human selfishness.
There are people who want to be king (emperor) and dominate.It is possible to change dynasties; there are a large number of people who are unwilling to be slaves, unwilling to be lonely, and want to make contributions, so that some people can become kings (emperors) and dominate; various ideas have arisen for the needs of ruling and anti-ruling; The pursuit of selfish desires promotes the continuous development of social productivity and science and technology.
The selfish nature of human nature determines that a collective composed of human beings is also selfish.
human beings to satisfy their own needs.It does not hesitate to cruelly deprive animals and plants of their lives.A country always does everything possible to seek its own interests.The United States, which is known as the most advocating democracy, freedom and equality, will illegally invade Iraq in order to obtain huge economic and political benefits, regardless of the opposition of the United Nations and most countries.
Although every political party in modern times has a set of extremely beautiful vocabulary, all of them are based on the interests of the party. This is the case with the He---- Party, and the same is true of the Democratic--Join--Party of Baodao.
In addition, all kinds of circles, large and small, formed in society spare no effort to safeguard the interests of their own circles.
If people's selfish nature is unrestrained beyond a certain limit, it will become evil.
To rob and kill for money.Rape-rape in order to satisfy sexual desire, bribery-acceptance-bribery or corruption by corrupt officials out of control, etc., all of which are unresponsive to the selfish nature of human beings The result of being restrained and exerted beyond a certain limit.
In order to restrain people's selfish nature from exceeding its limits, it is necessary to establish a society ruled by law.
After the victory of the American War of Independence, the elites designed an ideal future for the country, but because the rule of law was not available for a while, as a result, in the first few years, states fought desperately for interests, and groups desperately fought for each other. fight for interests.The common people and the government fought desperately for interests, which made the whole country in chaos, the people complained, and riots and riots appeared.
In this regard, Hua-Sheng-Dun once said sadly: "Thirteen sovereign countries. You fight against me, I fight against you, and they fight against the head of the Federation. They will all die soon..."
"We have made mistakes that need to be corrected. When we formed the Union, we probably overestimated human nature. Experience has taught us that, without the intervention of coercive power, the people will not Adopted and implemented..." It is the timely addition of the rule of law that has gradually brought the social order of the United States on the right track.
It can be seen that as long as social measures (such as the construction of the rule of law and education, etc.) are appropriate, the limitations of human selfishness can be overcome.
Human nature is selfish.Perhaps some people will retort: If human nature is selfish, how can Lei-Feng and Hua-Sheng-Dun explain it, how can charity be explained, and how can conscience and maternal love be explained? ...
What is selfishness?Selfishness is to satisfy one's own needs and obtain the greatest benefit for oneself with the least effort.Everyone wants others to be selfless while asking for selfishness, because the selflessness of others directly or indirectly benefits oneself, which means the satisfaction of one's own selfishness.
It is human nature to be selfish, but people who display selfishness are not welcome.
Everyone is unwilling to make friends with selfish people, because the selfishness of the other party often leads to damage to their own interests. Being unpopular means losing other people's love, support and cooperation, which will usually be directly or indirectly transformed into practical benefits. loss.
Therefore, on the one hand, people seek maximum self-interest for themselves, and on the other hand, they try to convince others (especially those who have a major influence on their own interests) that they are actually selfless, righteous, and considerate of others. These two points are the most important factors that affect the way people behave.
The prosperity of the world is all for profit; the world is full of hustle and bustle, all for profit.If people are not for themselves, heaven and earth will perish.Selfishness represents a basic human attribute, but many people do not want to admit it.Because admitting that everyone is selfish implies that you are also selfish, and selfish people are not welcome.
The more hypocritical a society is, the fewer people will admit that everyone is selfish or that they are selfish.Consciously or not, people will hide the true nature of things, cover up their motives, and try to beautify their behavior.
Human nature is selfish, everyone is like this.Human selfishness is not necessarily material, but also spiritual.Everything anyone does is purposeful and selfish.It's just a difference in the size of the selfish nature.Through acquired learning, people can disguise selfishness.Sublimate the realm of selfishness over time.Selfishness can be dusted, and it can even be eliminated.
From the perspective of human reproductive physiology.When a person has not yet become a human being but a cell, he starts to be selfish. Thousands of sperms chase after an egg. If the sperms are all gentlemen and everyone is indisputable, then how can eggs be fertilized, and how can humans reproduce? ?Therefore, human nature is selfish.
Take love as an example, are you willing to give your lover to others? Are you willing to give your wife to others? The answer is definitely no. In essence, love is selfish rather than man-made.
People say: We must protect the ecological balance and pay attention to environmental protection. There is only one earth. Why do people protect the earth, because people want to survive.
In fact, just like a wolf wants to eat sheep, there is nothing wrong with it, there is no right or wrong: because it is a carnivore, it does not eat meat.Is it to graze?Besides, if you say yes, it will eat it; if you say no, it will still eat it.The reason why we hate the wolf's nature of eating sheep is that it eats the sheep that we rely on as food, and the wolf will inevitably eat people when hungry.
Don't we people say selflessly: Wolf, you are so pitiful, come on, for your life, we sacrifice ourselves, eat me, you won't be hungry! You will have life.
For example, when a great famine comes, if a person is not cured the day after tomorrow, the first thing he thinks of is to leave the limited food for himself and his relatives and friends.Giving to relatives can be said to be a kind of superficial selflessness, but in essence it is still self-interested, because if one's relatives live well, it is good for oneself.at least harmless to oneself;
If a person has a good influence the day after tomorrow, he will give limited food to his relatives and friends around him, and then he will think of himself.Because he has learned, he knows the meaning of the noble.But the surface is so.What kind of purpose he has in mind still needs to be further investigated.
If he survived the famine.No matter what his motives were in the first place, being noble will bring him many benefits: fame, and material things (from a higher point of view, the whole process is also a kind of selfishness, a nobler kind of selfishness).
If he unfortunately died of famine, there are two possibilities: Maybe he really eliminated the essence of "evil" through acquired learning.
Maybe there is still a kind of noble selfishness in his heart, but this kind of selfishness has failed.
This is the case with relatives and friends, but how about ordinary friends?What about strangers?The above analysis is also applicable, but he will be more inclined to be selfish.
Some people may wonder: Maybe human nature is good, but through acquired learning, he has become bad?Then ask a question; where did the person who taught him to be bad learn to be bad? !
There are many selfish and even evil examples in the real world that can well prove that human nature is selfish, and those criminal examples are self-evident evidence that human nature is selfish.
Those good people and good deeds in society can also prove that human nature is selfish. Those good people will stop doing good deeds if they do not get benefits for a long time, including spiritual aspects such as reputation.
Because human nature is selfish, and most people have not eliminated the inner selfish nature, but have sealed the inner selfishness to a greater or lesser extent.
In the world, like Lei Feng, there are very few people who have eliminated their selfishness in our opinion.The essence of human beings is selfish, so it can be deduced that human society is also selfish. Society is composed of human groups. As long as this group is properly classified by some method (for example, the entire Korean Peninsula society is divided into Korean society and North Korean society. society) selfish side will undoubtedly be exposed.
Countries are also selfish. There are only permanent interests between countries, and there are no permanent friends (the same applies to people). There are too many facts to prove this point of view!
Selfishness is the instinct of human survival.Modern biology reveals that the human brain is composed of three layers. The innermost layer is the "reptilian body", which is the brain structure left over from reptiles. The various animal instincts that humans possess mainly come from this reptile body.
The second layer is the "animal brain", also called "animal new brain", which is wrapped outside the "reptile body". It is the brain structure left over from mammals, and it also provides the animal instincts possessed by humans.
The third layer is known as the cerebral cortex, which wraps around the animal brain.The cerebral cortex is developed on the basis of the primate brain structure and is a unique human brain structure with rational thinking functions.
The structure of the human brain determines that it is impossible for human beings to completely shed their animal nature of living for themselves first.This animal nature forces everyone to think of themselves first and to control their own actions no matter what they do.
when one is hungry.Think first of all that you need food; when you are thirsty, think first of your need for water.
under normal circumstances.No matter what everyone does, it is for themselves first.
It is impractical and difficult to call on or require people to "do nothing for themselves, but only for others", because it violates human nature.
Selfishness is the instinct of people to continue life.
born.They all want to live; and to live, they must have food, clothing, housing and transportation.There is a problem in front of everyone, how to solve their own basic necessities?In other words, how to solve the supply and demand of firewood, rice, oil and salt, how to solve the overcrowding of family accommodation, how to solve the problem of children's lack of money for schooling, and where to earn more money must be considered by yourself;
If you don't think about it, no one else can think about it for you.Because he also has to support his family, and he also has to consider how to solve his family's basic necessities of life.And bow down to practice.
He has no energy to think about your livelihood for you, and he has no obligation or ability to support your family.
This is an indisputable fact.
In order to be able to survive, you must fight for yourself, design yourself, and walk your own path.
In fact, every one of us ordinary people lives like this.
In the sense of human nature, there has never been a person who lives for others in the world; therefore, there has never been a savior or a great savior in the world.
Selfishness is the instinct of competition between people.
Any society that has occurred so far in history.It is a society in which material wealth cannot satisfy the needs of all members of society; thus it is also a society that forces people to compete.
The essence of competition is to strive for more material interests for oneself.
As long as the material wealth of the society cannot meet the needs of all members of the society, competition will inevitably arise; as long as there is competition, the selfish nature of people will not change.
Selfishness is the driving force for people to maintain their own survival, struggle and progress.It is the source of human invention and creation since ancient times, a positive force to promote the continuous revolution of social productivity, and a fundamental driving force for the continuous development and progress of society; it can be said.The normal and legitimate selfishness of people (the selfishness that does not harm others) is the cornerstone of the evolution of human civilization.
People are selfish, I believe many people do not agree with this point of view.They will argue angrily and eloquently about this point of view; and when they refute this point of view, it is the embodiment of their selfishness!Can't tolerate others saying that he is selfish is a kind of selfishness.
People are selfish.So human tolerance is always limited.
Therefore, lovers always complain about each other's flaws after being lingering. In fact, the other party has not fully satisfied their own selfishness; so parents who love their children will complain that their children cannot be better. In fact, they are complaining that their children do not follow their wishes. To grow up, you can't tolerate the shortcomings of your children; so no matter how great a person is, some children complain about them, complaining that their parents did not satisfy his desire to grow up and Xiang's omnipotent dream; Give him enough attention and rewards; so no matter how kind the boss is, he will complain about the employees, complaining that they will not put themselves in the same position as the boss, thinking that he will not be able to do his best when he works for you; so no matter how good the person is, it is impossible Get along with everyone, because you can't satisfy everyone's selfish desires, and everyone can't satisfy your selfish desires...
People are selfish, so people's passion is always unlimited.
There will always be people who are dissatisfied with the reality, there will always be people who feel that it is unfair, and there will always be people who wish that all the money will be made by him.
So grow up desperately, hoping to be stronger than others, so study hard, hoping to be famous, so work hard, hoping to occupy the workplace; so desperately making money, hoping to monopolize the market, so desperately developing, hoping to rule the world, so desperately curing diseases, hoping to occupy more living space and time.So I always feel that the society owes me, so I always feel that I have been wronged.
People are selfish, so they always judge what they see, hear and feel, judge the outside world, and agree with themselves.
This critic, who turns around, becomes a civil servant; the one who criticizes culture, turns around and produces rubbish papers;As soon as he turned around, he stood on the stage of Super Boy as a guest; the one who judged and educated was imbecile, and as soon as he turned around, he began to preach imbecilely; this one cursed gcd for darkness.As soon as I turned around, I fell into d; that criticizing the environment was so bad that it affected my health, and as soon as I turned around, I spit on the road...
People are selfish.Therefore, people always hope to dominate others, but resent being dominated by others.
Although the vast majority of people have to accept their fate and seem to be dominated to live and work, they will never be convinced in their hearts.Therefore, everyone desires to be superior, to be a star, to be a great man, to be an idol, to be a leader, to be a person who influences others; therefore, countless experts, scholars, and everyone are always speaking with philosophical words.I hope that people in the world will exist and behave according to their theories, otherwise they are stupid;
People are selfish, so there are always people who are keen to attack others, but do not allow others to attack themselves; they are used to changing other people's views, but they are not used to being changed by others;
People are selfish. Even if you call yourself an outsider, you don’t care about other people’s affairs, and you don’t want others to care about you. This is precisely because of your selfishness.Let you avoid others, because your heart has decided that others are meaningless to you.
People are selfish, and selfishness itself has no right or wrong.It's just because man is a life, a life with desires, a unique life.so.Selfishness is a nature, the nature of life.It is the nature of survival.
People are selfish, so.Discussing whether selfishness itself is meaningful or not is entirely derived from one's own opinion!
People are selfish, that's why some people selfishly promote selflessness and dedication.
Selfish desires are common to all creatures, the difference is that other creatures have limited selfish desires, while human selfish desires are unlimited.Because of this, people's unreasonable selfish desires must be restricted by social justice, morality, and law, otherwise this society is not a normal society.
As any person, there is a universal morality and law in his heart, and it is not contradictory to keep his own selfish distractions.If human nature is full of lofty moral ideas, man is not a human being but a god. If people's hearts are full of selfish and distracting thoughts without lofty moral ideas, man is no longer a human being and is no different from an animal.
Selfishness is a relatively common psychological phenomenon, a desire close to instinct, which lies deep in a person's heart.
Just because selfishness hides deep, its existence and manifestation are often not realized by individuals. Some people ignore the requirements of social and historical conditions and blindly want to satisfy their own selfish desires, but they are not aware of their behavior. Too selfish, on the contrary, he often feels at ease when encroaching on the interests of others, and because of this, we call selfishness abnormal psychology.
Selfishness is not a scourge, as long as we adjust in time when we realize our selfish behavior.
A person who wants to correct his selfish mentality might as well do more altruistic behaviors.For example, caring for and helping others, donating to the Hope Project, solving problems for others, etc.
People with a lot of selfishness can start with small things like giving up their seats and lending things to others. Do more good deeds, correct those abnormal mentalities in the past, get altruistic pleasure from the approval of others, and make your soul get cleansed.
There is only a thin line between selfishness and selflessness.Beyond it, you can feel the joy of giving yourself to others without expecting anything in return.
This is the greatest joy and an indispensable step on the road of life.Selfish people stay in the shackles of their narrow ego, unable to imagine and experience the joy of helping others.
Selflessness is one of the traits common to all great compounds.Nothing will be accomplished without selfless service.If the behavior you engage in is selfish, even reading through thousands of scriptures will be in vain.
Su Dongpo set a rule for himself: "Respect is not my property, even if it is a little bit, I will not take it."
To have such a clear legal concept, a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way.Ill-gotten gains will not be taken.With this article, its development can be curbed and its proliferation prevented.
Some people are willing to burn themselves to warm the world, but that is only a few morning stars, and most people only want to light up the world; Willing to turn into spring mud and preserve life, but that is just the number of sands in the Ganges River. Most people only want to keep their youth.This is selfishness.Selfishness is the bad root of human beings, which can be traced back to the depths of history.
The kind Nuwa made Chinese children out of mud, but it was actually just to dispel the deep loneliness; the great Jehovah provided Adam with a comfortable Garden of Eden and a beautiful wife Eve, but he was actually just looking for a guardian for his tree of wisdom; the emperor and Chi You There was a fight in the dark.Isn't it for the title of tribal chief?Selfishness is deeply rooted in the human heart. It is an old tree that has taken root since our birth.The thousands of coiled roots wander in every corner of our body, and it is difficult to uproot them.
Zeng Guofan said.Human beings have downward characteristics, and selfishness belongs to the downward category. Human nature is like water, and water always flows downward. Naturally, it is not surprising that people become selfish.
Man is not for himself, and heaven and earth will perish." People become selfish mainly because of the awakening of self-awareness and the absolute requirement for personal interests. It cannot be said that selfishness is harmful but not beneficial. Primitive people hope that they can eat and clothe themselves out of selfishness, and work hard to transform The natural environment enables us to live a better life. We cannot deny the great role of this kind of cognition. In the age of blood and blood, when our ancestors could not meet their basic needs, their self-awareness stood out like stars in the night sky, selfishness The blood boiling in their weak bodies gave them the motivation to transform nature, so it is no longer a myth that Yugong moved mountains, and Jingwei reclamation is no longer a belief. However, people still have social attributes.
In the middle of the night, everyone pours water into the pool, after dawn.A pool does not become a milk pool.
Everyone is self-centered, each little cog works independently.The most advanced machines will be scrapped, and selfishness will hinder the progress of society.King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty wanted to satisfy his selfish desires.The meat forest in the wine pool was wiped out by the century-old Yin merchants; Qin Shihuang was obsessed with eternal life, searched for Penglai, built a house, and unified the mythology; Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty fell in love with the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and poured the blood and tears of the people into the Grand Canal, destroying the great river and mountains.The mountains and rivers are broken, the state affairs are in decline, and the people are wandering. Shouldn't the emperor be blamed for his selfishness?It is selfishness that makes dynasties crushed by the wheel of history; it is selfishness that makes the ancient emperors bear their names; it is selfishness that makes civilized palaces disappear in the flames of war.
Some people say that we live in a peaceful age, and we are not emperors, so what does this matter to us.
Don’t you see, selfish people turn a blind eye to the lives in the pool of blood in order to reduce troubles; don’t you see, selfish people turn a deaf ear to the cries and groans of the suffering people in order to avoid getting caught in the fire.In contemporary society, morality declines, and selfishness is the heavy rain.In a well-off society, we are materially sufficient, but spiritually, we are beggars surviving.
A group of people with sticks in their hands chased down a dog ferociously, and they kept yelling "Come and beat the dog" as they blocked it.The poor dog ran into a blind alley in a panic, and was about to be in danger. The dog made a clever move, jumped up suddenly, jumped over the high wall, and escaped the catastrophe.Those chasing and beating people were very puzzled, so they used a word to ridicule the dog's embarrassment and cunning. You must have guessed the word --- dog jumping over the wall
In fact, our so-called selfishness is not like this.
I believe that no one will pursue something for no reason, even by unscrupulous means.In fact, some of the things we pursue, that one is not the importance of which we have deeply felt
Although it cannot be said that everyone is selfish, I dare say that everyone has selfishness (just the degree and skill of expression are different)
This cannot be said to be the dirty side of human beings. In fact, any life does not exist for itself (don’t get me wrong), life exists because of its own existence, and itself lives because of its existence.Existence is a form of competition (this is the translation of Mr. Darwin's words).
Competition is vaguely a part of the nature of living beings, and selfishness is also accompanied by it
In the end: Selfishness is just the way to survive, but because of some people's extreme behavior, we get it wrong
Since selfishness is rooted in the bones of man, it must be related to the essence of man and the essence of the universe.Selfishness is determined by the individuality or independence of things, which is the opposite of integrity.What individuality emphasizes is self, without individuality, there will be no things in various poses and with different expressions.The reflection of this attribute of things in advanced organisms is to realize their own value, and to obtain their own interests is the instinct of all organisms, but with the evolution of organisms, the content of interests has changed.The difference between human beings and other animals in the pursuit of interests is that human beings not only have the requirements for material development, but also the needs for spiritual development.The higher the realm, the less the interests lie in personal gains and losses.The pursuit is more noble.
Don't talk about selfishness, people fight for their own interests, which is determined by the nature of people.Without selfishness, giving would be meaningless.All dedication.They are all born in the pursuit of personal interests, and all the principles of mutual assistance are realized in the process of seeking their own interests.Truth is the highest interest of man.
Under China's thousands of years of feudal monarchy system, "the world is so big, is it the land of the king; the shore of the land, is it the king's subjects", everything in the world belongs to the monarch; in today's society, public ownership is also implemented. main economic system.
All these make the public feel more or less guilty when they say the word "selfishness", feeling that it is inconsistent with good morals or even contrary to them.We often accuse others of being selfish, but how many people in this world really have no selfishness?
No matter how great we are, no matter how tolerant we are.There is always someone or something that cannot be tolerated in my heart, and there is always my own ideal that I hope to realize.
Even the simplest protozoa such as Paramecium must be concentrated in nutrient-rich areas in a medium with uneven distribution of nutrients.
If the nutrient distribution area in these cultures cannot support their active area, they will always compete for their own interests.
As the most advanced creatures, human beings receive education and moral influence, but at the same time, they are also under tremendous social pressure.
Paramecium's competition is just a survival instinct, but we understand better what competition means.
People are selfish, so no one can have absolute tolerance.The most loving parents may complain that their children are not good enough; the best employees.There may also be bosses who can't bear it; the greatest leader may also sigh that the sky is not what one wishes.
People are selfish, so people's desires will be infinitely expanded.There will always be people who are dissatisfied with the reality, and some people will say that the world is unfair.There will always be people who think they don't make enough money.There will always be people who want to grow taller and become more beautiful, and there will always be people who want to take advantage of the right time, place and people.So work hard and study hard.Work hard and develop hard.
A society where no one pursues self-interest.What kind of society is it?No one cares about where they are, and no one strives for a better life.Everyone takes everything for granted, whether poverty or wealth, is doomed and cannot be changed.
Selfishness is not something to be ashamed of. Everyone has the right to fight for their own interests. Only when individuals dare to pursue a better life can society develop and progress. Only when people have desires can they struggle and be satisfied. Only when we find that this society is not equal, will we strive for the respect of others, and the society can develop and progress.
If everyone has a so-called selfless heart, the society looks very harmonious on the surface, but in fact it is a stagnant pool without any waves.
Of course, there are some "public and selfless" people in this society, such as those heroes who died for the revolution. They gave up a stable life for the future of the country and the nation, and even gave their lives. Their greatness Being selfless is obvious to all, but that doesn't mean they don't have self-interest.
They also cherish their own lives and are eager to share the family relationship with their families, but in that specific historical environment, they have a mission more important than life and family in their hearts.
They sacrifice their personal "interests" in order to realize the greater "interests" of an organization, a group.
However, we must pay attention to the word "degree" in everything, too much is too much.Even if selfishness is not a bad thing, and is even an indispensable factor for social development, if a person does not pursue self-interest unscrupulously, or even damage the rights of others, he will be condemned. The old saying "people do not kill themselves for their own sake" is just like this Humanoid portrayal.
It is precisely because human nature is selfish, and a selfish mentality is very likely to lead people's actions to evil, so people need moral and legal constraints, and society needs to promote good deeds.
Human nature is selfish, which does not mean that all human beings are selfish. We have thoughts and morals. We should clearly realize that "self-interest" does not mean breaking the relationship between people. We also pursue self-interest while pursuing self-interest. We must respect the same rights of others, otherwise everyone will only care about themselves, and even the most basic social order will not be guaranteed. (To be continued..)
ps: Note: Thank you, Empress Dowager and Technology Lu, for your support of the two monthly tickets, thank you!
Thank you Xie Zhixiu and Xiao Mung Dou for your support, thank you!
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