An Analysis Of The Moral Sentimentalism Mencius

By the way of combing the western modern moral sentimentalism theory,this article attempts to demonstrate that Mencius moral philosophy is a moral sentimentalism. At the same time, Mencius moral philosophy also has the meaning of virtue ethics, we can put it down to the virtue-ethics sentimentalism. With western modern moral sentimentalism, moral principles Mencius is built on the emotional basis, its essence is against the self-interest behavior. But we can also put his ideas to is a kind of virtue ethics. Because of the intrinsic quality of "Ren". This quality is related to the evaluation of a person’s "gentleman" or "villain" reason. The formation of these quality comes from one of the "The four end", especially "compassion". So we can understand it as a virtue-ethical sentimentalist or a agent-based virtue ethics.Its value lies in that it advocates a kind of humanistic care and humanitarian, realize the true meaning of moral self-discipline. Human behavior is often affected by severe has his relationship, it often have a variety of value differences. Adhere to the principles of morality, which is an ideal way to resolve value differences.