Study on the Role of Mencius’ View of Justice and Interest in Cultivating the Bottom-Line Thinking Ability of College Students in the New Era*

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10.2991/assehr.k.191217.086How to use a DOI?

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Mencius, view of justice and interest, college students, bottom-line thinking ability

Abstract

The basic spirit of Mencius’ view of justice and interest is the same as that of Confucius’ view of justice and interest, which represents the Pre-Qin Confucians’ philosophy of valuing justice over interest. However, Mencius emphasizes people’s interest more than Confucius in the debate of justice and interest. He believed that as long as the ruler could implement benevolent government and protect the interest of people, the people would keep benevolent and righteous, and the country would be prosperous and peaceful. Benevolence and righteousness are the common moral standards of officials and people, and also the moral bottom line of all members of society. The moral bottom-line thinking and the bottom-line thinking ability are increasingly prominent for the construction of social order. This paper focuses on the study of Mencius’ view of justice and interest on the cultivation of the bottom-line thinking ability of college students in the new era.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jizhen Wang
AU  - Hongmei Gu
AU  - Ailin Xie
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/14
TI  - Study on the Role of Mencius’ View of Justice and Interest in Cultivating the Bottom-Line Thinking Ability of College Students in the New Era*
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 93
EP  - 97
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.191217.086
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.191217.086
ID  - Wang2020
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