Mencius Moral Education Thought And Its Modern Enlightenment

Mencius, the name Ke, word Zaiyu, Zou people of the Warring States period, was afamous thinker and educator. Thinking of the goodness of the theoretical basis and coreput forward the idea of "benevolent" and insight of the Idea of God, moral education,moral training and methods for further enrichment and development of Confucianism.In this thesis, to explore the content and practical significance of moral education fromthe perspective of ethics, research ideas are as follows:First, the morality of Mencius to the goodness of virtue is not only the starting pointof ethical behavior, but also the main way of individual self-cultivation. Righteousnessand Profit is an important part of the thought of Mencius' moral education, advocatingmoral according to take advantage of justice is the tendency of its values. Thehegemony of the debate is the basis of Mencius proposed benevolence, protectingcivilian, respecting and using intelligent, and taxation,there are three aspects aredescribed.Secondly, Ethical thinking mainly in four aspects: the "ideal " is the perfect modelof its moral;"introspection" is the main content of their moral training;"Reciprocity" isthe expansion of their moral education thought; social educational is the core of the ideaof moral education. The article discussed four parts from cultivating habit enlarging thekindness,controling self-ambition,practising knowledge.Thirdly, Mencius' moral purpose of education in order to safeguard the interests ofthe feudal ruling class to train the required personnel for ruler. Play to the constraints ofethics and elite role models is an important condition to create a good socialenvironment. Mencius connotation of moral education is the focus of education,"protecting people","enriching"and "Christians" is the premise of social stabilityand development is the basis of the value of moral education.Finally, Exploration of Mencius moral education thought intrinsic positive factors,combining the current situation, takes its essence, goes to its dregs.There are beneficialto strengthen people-oriented philosophy in the modernization drive is to fulfill,safeguard and development of the fundamental interests of the good for the people of the masses of all the work of starting point and foothold, and efforts to improve people'slivelihood and effectively solve the masses are concerned about hot spots and difficultproblems. Efforts to achieve all our people enjoy their rights to education, employment,medical services, a sense of security and harmonious society.