A Study On The Relationship Between Human Righteousness And Material Interests In The Building Of "A Human Community With A Shared Future"

Building a Human Community of a Shared Future is a philosophical thought put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping on facing a better future for all humanity,safe guarding the common interests of all humankind,and building a peaceful,prosperous,just and beautiful world.This theory is of great importance in promoting the establishment of a new world economic and political development order,promoting world civilization,and enhancing China’s international discourse power.The thought of a Human Community of a Shared Future was not put forward overnight,but it has gone through a process of continuous enrichment and improvement,from the first voice of the “community with a shared future” to the gradual improvement of the“Community with a Shared Future for Mankind ”,from the initial focus on regional development to the concerns about the overall development of the world.Under the realistic background,this thought has become highly practical to provide a feasible solution for global governance and has been highly endorsed by the international community.All conflicts and struggles in the international community revolve around interests.The relationship between righteousness and interests is the core issue of building a Human Community of a Shared Future.From Perspective of a human community with a shared future,“righteousness” refers to the general righteousness of human common interests in development,which mainly includes peaceful development,fairness and justice,democracy and freedom,and respect and equality.“shared interests” mainly includes economic,political,cultural,ecological and security interests.To build a Human Community of a Shared Future,we must adhere to the principle of integrating righteousness with shared interests.First of all,dealing well with the relationship between righteousness and shared interests is the core issue of building a human community with a shared future because it reflects the basic orientation of this thought: in dealing with the relationship between righteousness and shared interests,we advocate righteousness having priority over shared interests and mutual benefit to win-win,which highlights the balance of this thought--while calling on the members of the community to adhere to morality and righteousness,it also does not forget to promote its members to achieve mutually beneficial cooperation and win-win sharing.It also reflects China’s diplomatic principles,insisting on“building a human community with morality and righteousness and strengthening the community with interests”.At present,the essence of the conflict between countries is the conflict of interests,and only a good balance between righteousness and shared interests can achieve win-win benefits.Secondly,the unity of “righteousness” and “shared interests” is indispensable for achieving common interests.The human community with a shared future actively advocates common global values to support and promote international cooperation in the value dimension;it advocates seeking common ground while reserving differences in the interest dimension;and it emphasizes that human beings have common destiny,risks and future in the responsibility dimension.This undoubtedly guides building a human community with a shared future,a dialectical unification of the re-integration of righteousness and shared interests in the new era and the realization of common prosperity and the pursuit of one’s development.Therefore,to safeguard the common interests of mankind,we need to follow certain principles on the premise of the five-sphere integrated plan: the principle of openness,innovation,tolerance,and reciprocity in economic interests,the principle of equality,mutual consultation,and understanding in political interests,the principle of harmony and diversity in cultural interests,the principle of respect for nature and green development in ecological interests,and the principle of fairness,justice and common sharing in security interests.In the process of globalization,the common interests of all mankind and national interests complement each other,and the deepening of globalization has further manifested the common interests of all mankind.In today’s world,conflicts of interest between countries have intensified and even led to wars,and the world is faced with the severe challenge of righteousness or shared interests.Some countries define their interests in terms of power and make the expansion of national interests the highest goal of their diplomatic activities,which has led to an imbalance between righteousness and interests in the global governance system,the prevalence of “egoism” in some countries,the concept of delimitation with ideology emerging as a sediment,the difficulty of coordinating complex environmental interests,and the occurrence of security risks in most-concerned regions in the world.These challenges have caused great turmoil and disasters in the world.The trade war has fully exposed the nature of the United States to forget righteousness for profit;the hegemonism of “some” country has reflected the danger of hegemony and bullying to common human development;in the global fight against COVID-19 pandemic,China has assisted many countries,giving full play to its moral tradition of putting righteousness first,while a few countries have continuously disrupted the global fight against epidemics for their selfish interests;these two very different approaches show that only by abandoning the narrow concept of “using the neighbor’s field as an outlet for your waste water ” can we tide over the difficulties together in the face of global crises;the Russia-Ukraine war has exposed the diametrically opposed perceptions of different countries between interests and morality.The current hot issue in the world of choice between righteousness and shared interests manifests the necessity and urgency of building a Human Community of a Shared Future.Promoting the building of a human community with a shared future not only focuses on China’s development but also advocates win-win cooperation and shared prosperity based on the global challenges faced by all peoples in the world,with the future and destiny of all mankind as the concern.The efforts to build human community with a shared future are made in five aspects: firstly,in the political field,focus on establishing fair and just international political relations,promoting the institutional construction and implementation of global governance to build a political community of equality and mutual consultation.Secondly,in the economic field,adhere to the orientation of mutual benefit and interest,jointly addressing the challenges of unbalanced global economic development,jointly participating in the international division of labor and the world market,achieving mutual benefit and interest,and building a new international economic order of win-win situation.Thirdly,in the field of culture,respect multiculturalism,promote the integration of cultural commonality and individuality,move from cultural conflicts to multicultural symbiosis,and promote cultural exchanges that are harmonious but different and inclusive.Fourthly,in the field of ecology,focusing on ecological justice and green development,achieve shared responsibility and sustainable development and build a human health community.Fifthly,in the field of security,pay attention to the construction of international security patterns,establish a holistic view of security,explore a new path of dialogue rather than confrontation and partnership rather than alliance,and strive to establish a new type of major power relations.