生存欲望是一切善恶之源——对中国古代善恶之源论争的反思

The Survival Desire is the Source of All Good and Evil--Reflections on the Controversy over the Origin of Good and Evil in Ancient China

人之恶行来自欲望,人之善行来自哪里?古人给出不同答案--来自天然,来自大道与天理,来自后天教育,来自神授,等等。实际上,善行同样来自人的生存欲望。生存欲望之所以能够产生善行,其主要原因在于人们普遍存在着共存先于独存、通情转移这些基本生存意识和情感本能。源自生存欲望的善恶在现实生活中的消长,取决于客观环境的优劣与主观素质的高低,因此改善客观环境、提高主观素质是助善消恶的关键。

The ancients believed that human's evil deeds came from desire,but where did good come from?The ancients gave different answers-from nature,from the Dao(道)and heavenly principles,from the day after day education,from gods and so on.In fact,we believe that good deeds also come from people's desire for survival.The main reason why the desire for survival can produce good deeds is that people generally have the basic survival consciousness and emotional instinct of coexistence precedes independent survival and transfer of common feelings.The rise and fall of the good and evil from the desire for survival in real life depends on the merits and demerits of the objective environment and the level of the subjective quality.Therefore,improving the objective environment and enhancing the subjective quality is the key to help the good and eliminate the evil.