Research On Mencius' Thought Of Moral Will

Moral will is an important part of moral education and moral cultivation,and it has attracted the attention of thinkers throughout the ages.Although Mencius did not explicitly put forward the concept of "moral will",this does not mean that Mencius did not have the theory of "moral will",it's just that Mencius adopted a different expression mode from that of the West on the issue of "moral will".On the basis of defining the concept of "moral will" and comparing with the basic meaning of moral will and taking the original work of Mencius as a clue,this paper puts forward that the theory of " the nature of the heart " is the theoretical starting point of Mencius' thought of moral will,and the ideal personality and ideal society is the goal of Mencius moral will to be achieved,by clarifying the relationship between "moral will" and the realization of ideal personality,combing the cultivation methods and realization ways of "moral will",and finally explains the modern value of Mencius' thought of moral will.