A Study On Rousseau's Naturalistic Moral Education

Rousseau's naturalistic moral education thought is the transcendence of moral education thought,educational thought and even the whole social thought.Based on the social background and bumpy growing experience of the enlightenment movement in Europe in the 18th century,Rousseau's naturalistic moral education has its unique significance.On the one hand,he was deeply influenced by the former scholars Locke and Hobbes;on the other hand,he revised and developed them.So,In Emile,which was his most outstanding work,the transition from a natural person to a social person and the process of a child growing into an adult are interwoven into a main line to analyze the moral education in Rousseau's naturalism.Rousseau did not deliberately construct a theoretical system of moral education,and many of his naturalistic thoughts of moral education were based on and reflected in his exposition of naturalist philosophy and the explanation of the inherent goodness of human nature.Therefore,the best way is to get familiar with his naturalistic vision and human nature theory.From the two points of view,understand what Rousseau's view of the moral should be.Rousseau's thoughts of moral education is a kind of thoughts of naturalistic moral education.However,we should be alert to the mistake of confusing natural humanity with moral formation.Human nature is innate,and morality is acquired.The theory of the goodness of nature is the basis of Rousseau's naturalistic moral view,which guides people how to change from the goodness of instinct to the goodness of morality.Rousseau's criticism of his time is not aimed at science and civilization themselves,but aimed at solving the problem of human's morality and human's happiness.Nowadays,the development of science and civilization brings the alienation of human nature and the alienation of morality.People lose their autonomy,authenticity and freedom,and moral education becomes dependent,rootless and utilitarian.In this situation,Rousseau pointed out the importance and urgency of moral education.After reading Rousseau's criticism of The Times and the solution to it,it was found that Rousseau's discourse on education had included a conception of naturalistic moral education,which took "naturalness" as the core,and had its own uniqueness and freedom.The "virtue" of Rousseau's naturalism moral education is the content and scope of his moral education.Politics focusing on public institutions and personal warmth seem to be unrelated or even contradictory,but they are all based on human nature,or an entity in human nature "self-love".Based on this entity,human nature can develop into "selfishness"and "love for others "--a natural compassion,and the corresponding morality can develop into good and evil.The political category of Rousseau's moral education finds a balance between social interests and individual interests.Morality is in accordance with human nature,and the emotional category of Rousseau's moral education finds a balance between emotional judgment and value judgment.Rousseau's naturalism moral education "education" is its moral education external form or shape.Rousseau's interpretation of education is completed through a series of Emile's growth cases,which are not accidental specific events,and Rousseau is not telling specific methods of operation.The principles of these cases completely agree with the fundamental idea of naturalistic moral education.Rousseau's important task is to cultivate a natural moral spirit.