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Review On Feuerbach Thought Of Happiness

Posted on:2008-10-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L JinFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360215952984Subject:Ethics
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Feuerbach was an outstanding materialist and atheist, in all his philosophical works. "Happiness" is the only comprehensive ethics papers, as well as works written in his later years, after his consideration. Feuerbach stressed that people of the nature and the moral principle seems certain limitations. But his pride against religious and moral precept secular ethics confrontation with the religious ethics. The moral principle to ease confrontation with the will of God, on the basis of a sense of obligation to establish the moral discipline of God with all orders from the religious and moral discpline of on confrontation, put the gratest ethical values, progressive significance.Firstly, from the standpoint of the people that is a product of nature, physical and spiritual entity and the desire to have a variety of sensory physiological function. The natural instinct of human nature must be subordinated to the need, the pursuit of happiness. Life itself is happiness .He urged people to find happiness from the real world, the existence and maintenance of life and focus on the lives and material interests certain progress, but he decided to exaggerate the role of physical life, to deny the negative spirit, ignore the value and meaning of existence, they all have certain limitations.Secondly, he thought the life of religious beliefs is also happy, he criticized the Christian ethics. Christian Ethics has said that the moral ethics of God, rather than moral. The basic ethical principles must aim to make people happy. Because the self-motivated of everyone is normal, in the pursuit of their own happiness at the same time. To resolve conflicts with others'pursuit of happiness, the happiness of others must be recognized that such egoism is reasonable. In order to pursue their own happiness, and social obligations to others, happiness and obligations together. Feuerbach attaches great importance to the moral status of egoism, the recognition of the rights of individuals to pursue happiness. But his regligious of the love is empty and hypocritial.Engels criticized the idea of Feuerbach about happiness, from the fundamental flaws of the ethics of the color analysis, he pointed out the inevitable destination :reconciling conflicts, covered contradictions, the abolition of the revolution. Happiness is a fundamental starting point for research on how to understand the position of Feuerbach, and the understanging is the key to the happiness.Ethics in Marxism on the basis of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, On the history of absorbing criticism on the happiness of rational thinking, a noble science of happiness. Looking at the content, stress unity on the basis of material and the spiritual life, the high life and material life, from the channel perspective, to create and enjoy a happy reunification on the basis of happiness and happiness is the essence of happiness. Measure happiness from the standards, the emphasis on individual happiness and collective happiness reunification on the basis of collective happiness than personal happiness.As mentioned above, we can see that people can stand on the concept of happiness Feuerbach stance, calls on the people from the reality of the pursuit of happiness, feudalism, theology, and promote private individuals have the right to the pursuit of happiness. Today we pursue happiness, harmonious society members have a certain degree of inspiration, but because of their class limitations. We should proceed from a position of Marxist philosophy, it must be critically analyzed.
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