The Study On Impact Of The Science And Technology From The Confucian Value

Marxism holds that science and technology are primary productivity. Science and Technology have brought the splendid human material civilization, and have created a myriad of miracles, so many beautiful dreams have been into a reality. Society of human and technology have experienced a long development, China has created brilliant culture and technique in five thousand years of historical process .As the famous British historian of science Joseph Needham said: "Relative to the western country, China have kept the unmatched level of scientific knowledge from the third century AD to the thirteenth century" " These inventions and discoveries in China far more than contemporary Europe, especially before the 15th century (on this point can easily be proved) ". Social progress and technological development are closely linked with culture, as the essence of Chinese traditional culture,Confucian culture's values have a tremendous impact in the process of development for thousands of years of society and technology.The relationship between Confucian culture and ancient science & technology is very close, and the values of the Confucian culture has a certain role in promoting ancient science and technology, particularly, in medicine, agriculture, astronomy. Most of the Confucian books and technology books are interpenetration. The values of "Benevolence " plays an important role in promoting the development of ancient Chinese medicine, Confucianism attaches important to medicine, the main reason is that medicine is saving lives, which is coincide with the benevolence advocated by Confucian values, so say from some sense, practicing medicine has become the embodiment of benevolence, the excellence of medical knowledge is the performance of persuading virtue and morality. Confucian values also implies a positive Humanistic Thought, Humanistic Thought tell us we must love the people, not only to cut taxes but also actively develop agriculture, then to promote agricultural technology development, furthermore, people should train their moral and improve themselves continuously, finally to be a good person.Currently, the technology is rapid progress and development. Relying on the technology, human have established the absolute position of subjectivity in the nature and the universe. However, it brings much wealth for human, on the other hand, it exposes much predicament of survive, Therefore, lots of disharmony appeared between people and people, people and society, people and nature, such as lacking of resources, nuclear weapons competition, poor ecological environment, abusing biomedical technology. Technology should be a tool which can change the nature, but it becomes the negative forces to control human. The inherent character in Western culture, such as Instrumental Reason, Reason, restrains it can not resolve the fundamental problem of alienation of technology, in view of this reason, scholars in the world have begun turning their influence in China for thousands of years of Confucian culture, their aim is to search the best way to solve the alienation of technology and the social problems which can not solve by technology itself. Confucian values can effectively respond to technological alienation, leading the technology development towards the good side. The reason in Confucian values reflect more attention to people and the value of benevolence as the highest pursuit. Its think that reason should be subordinate to the virtue, which is not only an internal regulation among virtue but also demonstrate the pursuit of virtue and value, The value care of Confucian helps to habit the excessive expansion of instrumental rationality by paying attention to the meaning of human existence. Western Philosophy only focus on conceptual analysis, dismember the whole subject and concentrate on rational understanding of methods , neglect the emotional care of individual human life and the pursuit of philosophy on the ontological, neglect the experience of the meaning of life, the value of life and the figure of ideal personality. Confucian values which character is the doctrine of life is the harmony between the heaven and the human, all in one, advocate the unity of human nature and Heaven. On the relationship between man and nature, the fundamental value of Confucianism is to maintain balance and harmony between nature and man. Individualism in western culture emphasizes the supremacy of individual rights and the absoluteness of individual freedom, they think their personal value is the highest, which inevitably leads to the proliferation of self-interest. Confucian individualism established on the basis of the responsibility stress individuals resort, moral training, showing a high sense of responsibility to society and people. This will undoubtedly help to restrain alienation of human nature.Confucian values, is also an inexhaustible source for building a harmonious socialist society, the main objectives and tasks for building a harmonious socialist society, proposed in the current, both can be shown in the core values of Confucian thought. "Sincere benevolence " is keeping with the feature: "Harmony will be a honest and friendly society", "Culture education " is accordance with the feature: "Harmonious society is a stable and orderly, democratic rule of law", "The golden mean" conforms with the feature: "Harmonious society is a fair and dynamic ","Let nature take its course " agrees the feature: "Harmonious society is a harmonious coexistence of man and nature".