An Ethics Analysis Of The Theory Of Life State Of Feng You-lan

Feng You-lan established a philosophy system of "new Confucian school of idealist philosophy"in 20 centuries 30,40's.The theory of life state is core and soul of this philosophy system.This text reveals the course concretely by discussing the philosophy foundation of the theory of life state,the concrete contents of the life state,the methods and ways of effort which makes us reach and keep a certain life state,in which Feng You-lan have answered some important problems which are close and related with Mankind,such as "Life is meaningful or isn't meaningful","What is the meaning of life","How do we make our life become meaningful"etc.Life is meaningful or isn't meaningful is determined by people who have rational knowledge (conscious)or don't have rational knowledge(consciousness);If people's rational knowledge (consciousness of people) becomes more and more, deeper and deeper, the meaning of the life will become richer and richer,greater and greater;if you want to make your life becomes meaningful, you must improve your rational knowlwdge(consciousness) hardly, enrich and promote your life state. If your life state becomes greater and greater, bigger and bigger,your life will become more and more meaningful. The realistic way by which you improve your rational knowlwdge(consciousness), enrich and promote your life state is "rational recognizing and practising".Though Feng You-lan elaborated the theory of life state mainly from the angle of philosophy of life but is not from the angle of ethics, but the theory of life state really contains abundant ethics problems and ideas, for example human nature,morals,justice and interest, individual and society, motive and result,ideal personality etc. This text shows the ethics meaning of the theory of life state according to analyze these problems from the angle of ethics, and thinks that Feng You-lan has advanced his rational hunan nature theory, outlook of morals,outlook of justice and interest which thinks justice and interest is unified and justice is more important than interest(gentle theory of morality and justice), outlook of individual and society which thinks individual and society is unified, outlook of motive and result which thinks motive and result combine into one and motive is more fundamental than result(gentle theory of motive), theory of ideal personality which may lead people transcend ordinary person and become sage. His rational hunan nature theory, outlook of morals, outlook of justice and interest which thinks justice and interest is unified and justice is more important than interest(gentle theory of morality and justice), outlook of individual and society which thinks individual and society is unified, outlook of motive and result which thinks motive and result combine into one and motive is more fundamental than result(gentle theory of motive), theory of ideal personality which may lead people transcend ordinary person and become sage not only carried forward Chinese traditional theory of hunan nature,outlook of morals, outlook of justice and interest,outlook of individual and society, outlook of motive and result, theory of ideal personality, but also synthesized and brought forth new ideas.His rational hunan nature theory, outlook of morals, outlook of justice and interest which thinks justice and interest is unified and justice is more important than interest(gentle theory of morality and justice),outlook of individual and society which thinks individual and society is unified,outlook of motive and result which thinks motive and result combine into one and motive is more fundamental than result(gentle theory of motive),theory of ideal personality which may lead people transcend ordinary person and become sage are new theory of hunan nature, new outlook of morals, new outlook of justice and interest, new outlook of individual and society,new outlook of motive and result,new theory of ideal personality .They constructed a indispensable logic link in which Chinese traditional theory of hunan nature, outlook of morals,outlook of justice and interest, outlook of individual and society, outlook of motive and result, theory of ideal personality transform into modern theory of hunan nature, outlook of morals, outlook of justice and interest,outlook of individual and society,outlook of motive and result, theory of ideal personality.So,we think Feng You-lan's theory of life state and his rational hunan nature theory, outlook of morals,outlook of justice and interest which thinks justice and interest is unified and justice is more important than interest(gentle theory of morality and justice), outlook of individual and society which thinks individual and society is unified,outlook of motive and result which thinks motive and result combine into one and motive is more fundamental than result(gentle theory of motive),theory of ideal personality which may lead people transcend ordinary person and become sage occupied an important position in the history of Chinese ethics thoughts .Therefore,Feng You-lan becomes a very important thinker in the history of Chinese ethics thoughts also.Feng You-lan's theory of life state and his rational hunan nature theory, outlook of morals,outlook of justice and interest which thinks justice and interest is unified and justice is more important than interest(gentle theory of morality and justice),outlook of individual and society which thinks individual and society is unified, outlook of motive and result which thinks motive and result combine into one and motive is more fundamental than result(gentle theory of motive), theory of ideal personality which may lead people transcend ordinary person and become sage not only has important theoretical value, but also has important immediate significance. They not only find a place for life ideal, but also offer reference for Chinese morals construction and spiritual civilization construction.