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

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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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