Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Culture, Education and Economic Development of Modern Society (ICCESE 2018)

Practice Direction from the Perspective of Value Rationality The Methodological Significance of Mencius' Theory of Good Nature

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Yuqing Yang
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Yuqing Yang
Available Online March 2018.
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10.2991/iccese-18.2018.209How to use a DOI?
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Mencius; theory of good nature; value rationality; methodological significance
Abstract

Mencius established his own theory from the assumption of goodness of human nature. He advocated expanding kindness in the practice of social life. He affirmed the internal value of human, advocated to grasp the rational consciousness of human orientation. Mencius’s theory of good nature represents metaphysics of Pre-Chin Confucianism, which has important meanings in epistemology and methodology.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Culture, Education and Economic Development of Modern Society (ICCESE 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
March 2018
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978-94-6252-495-8
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/iccese-18.2018.209How to use a DOI?
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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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