论利益在主体活动中的作用

On the Functions of Interests in the Process of Subjective Activities

人的活动离不开利益。利益是主体活动的内在动力,在主体活动中具有定向和调节的作用,决定着主体活动对象的选择。这些作用内在地交织和渗透在一起,形成一个有机统一的整体。利益在主体活动中的作用具有社会历史性,既与一定的社会历史条件相联系,又具有自身的相对独立性。只有确立有利于人类活动的正确利益观,才能真正维护人类的整体利益和长远利益。

Interests have important functions in the process of subjective activities. Among them the following four are elementary： interests are internal motive force in the process of subjective activities, have directional functions in the process of subjective activities, have regulative functions in the process of subjective activities and decide their choice of an object in the process of subjective activities. The changes of interests aren＇ t absolutely in step.with the changes of their external social and cultural environments. The interests have their own relative independence. It has great necessity to make deep studies of the functions of interests in the process of subjective activities.