There was an obvious look of shock on her face. It was obvious that she had never thought about such a problem seriously. She was stunned for a while and then asked me: "So, what kind of 'righteousness' do you think?"
Only then can you give up your own life?"
I shook my head and said, "Tong Yao, your question itself is incorrect.
There is no "righteousness" that can make me give up my life, but it depends on the situation and for what purpose. In that situation, what should I choose? And everyone's answer to this question is different.
Because everyone's values are different. The key to the problem is that we have to look at one thing, that is, whether a person's death for something is worth it in the eyes of the public.
Of course, this public refers to people in general who have correct views on values. For example, in the several battles we now call the Liberation War, both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party sacrificed so many soldiers. Could it be that those PLA soldiers who sacrificed really
Is it worth it?
Tong Yao, don't look at me like this. I know you think it's incomprehensible for me to say this, and you even think I'm a reactionary. I just raised this issue for discussion. Tong Yao, there is a saying that military is the continuation of politics.
If you think about this problem, I won’t say anything more.”
But she still said: "Feng Xiao, your thoughts are really terrible. I can't understand it."
I smiled lightly and said: "Tong Yao, in fact, I once had the enthusiasm to sacrifice my life for the country. I believe that many Chinese people are still full of passion today.
However, how do we judge whether to donate one's life? This is a question that requires us to think deeply. Let's start with the issue of donations. What are the principles of donation? Many people think that you should donate whatever others lack.
However, I think this way of donating money is very blind. My point of view is that donating money is not a problem, but who to donate to is the problem. So who should be donated? I think it should be donated to those who cherish the money.
people.
The so-called cherishing money does not only mean cherishing your own money, but more importantly, cherishing other people's money. Only such people are worthy of your donation. If there are such guidelines, people who receive money will not turn around.
Just buy a drink, or use it as chips to gamble. In the final analysis, you want to make the donated money play a greater role.
Then we talked about donating money, which is different from donating money. Money can be regenerated, but life is only once. What kind of environment can prompt you to donate your life? Everyone must cherish their own lives and at the same time be more
An environment that cherishes the lives of others.
An environment that encourages others to sacrifice, or even forces others to sacrifice, is like a scoundrel asking for money on the street. Your donation is condoning evil. With such a standard of judgment, we will not blindly follow someone.
A deceptive goal to sacrifice oneself, and at the same time, it can also appear decisive and brave when deciding whether to sacrifice oneself.
First of all, let’s talk about respect for life starting from the justice of waging war. All wars at home and abroad in ancient and modern times have been launched under the banner of justice. Since the British Industrial Revolution, the world’s productive forces have developed rapidly, thus driving human civilization.
The most obvious sign of progress is that humans are less and less launching wars for the purpose of robbing resources, because trade exchanges make up for the lack of resources. To put it bluntly, lives are more valuable than things, and exchanging lives for things can no longer be considered just.
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Because of this, all wars in recent hundreds of years have been fought under the banner of fighting for justice and faith. In this way, how to judge justice has become the key to the problem. Then you have to look at this person who calls for justice.
Does it respect life? Does it have a history of respecting life? This is generally not easy to see. We have to look at the place you are going to fight to see if it does not respect life in turn.
Take the Anti-Japanese War as an example. The Japanese militarists launched the war of aggression under the pretext of loyalty to the emperor. In fact, it was also out of concern about the shortage of resources in Japan, an island nation. In a short period of time, it expanded to China.
In some territories, and even in many countries in Southeast Asia, wars have caused the death of thousands of people. This kind of behavior neither respects one's own life nor the lives of others. This kind of behavior comes first.
The Chinese people's heroic resistance to Japan, and even the American behavior of throwing atomic bombs, can reflect justice. The issue of atomic bombs harming Japanese civilians has been discussed for decades. Human shields often appeared in ancient wars, and one's own people were placed on the enemy's side.
In the past, including the puppet soldiers during China's anti-Japanese war, they were actually Chinese people. Many people were forced to join the army and it was a helplessness. To kill or not to kill? This requires everyone to have their own moral judgment criteria. Should they use less sacrifice to avoid catastrophe?
sacrifice.
A war must not only feel just at the time, but also must withstand the scrutiny of future generations. All standards are discussed around the theme of respecting life, and sacrifice becomes a conscious act of exchanging a small number of lives for more lives.
At this time, whether you are killing someone or taking the initiative to block the hole of the gun, there is nothing to hesitate. Hesitation on the battlefield often leads to death, but blind hesitation may not lead to death on the battlefield. After the battle, it becomes the last resort.
Easily killed.
Therefore, when we judge whether a war is just or not, we still need to look at the post-war situation. After the war, has this place become more respectful of life, or has it become more contemptuous of life? We can see that every country has a special
The cemeteries and monuments established for those martyrs who sacrificed their lives are an expression of gratitude to those who sacrificed their lives for us. We should remember those who sacrificed their lives to respect the lives of others at every moment.
Gratitude and encouragement are completely different concepts. When expressing gratitude, you must be clear: What did the person who sacrificed sacrifice for? It was to prevent more sacrifices. Therefore, our best gratitude and remembrance is to prevent others from making sacrifices, rather than encourage them.
Others have to sacrifice.
From this point of view, there is a fundamental problem with learning from heroes that we have always advocated. What should we learn from heroes? It is not his blind devotion, but his sense of justice.
Therefore, I will start with sacrifice and then talk about the issue of dedication. An environment that encourages others to sacrifice is not worth your sacrifice at all, and an environment that encourages others to contribute is simply not worth your dedication. Sacrifice and dedication are a kind of conscious behavior.
Instead of forced behavior, conscious behavior comes from people's concept of justice and values.
Today, China lacks religious belief and does not have a clear concept of justice and values. All of our public opinion orientations are centered on economic development, and we rarely care about the lives and lives of some people.
Social development is accompanied by demolition, and often every demolition is accompanied by a blood debt. Some people's lives disappear in the process of protecting their property. This casts a serious shadow on our original moral concepts. Is wealth more valuable than life?
Are they all valuable? Things are more important than life, and both the perpetrator and the victim have the same point of view.
Such a concept of justice and values is very scary. We seem to have returned to the state of waging wars a few centuries ago just to grab things. But at that time, it was because our relatives would starve to death if we didn't grab things. It was also done with the resources of a few people.
Sacrifice in exchange for more lives
.But this is not the case in China now. People would rather die themselves or let others die to protect material interests, including political interests and personal property interests. Sacrificing the lives of some people is not for the survival of other people, but for the survival of others.
It’s just for the sake of a better life for other people. This is a huge step backwards for civilization. Tong Yao, do you think what I said is right?”
I was a little excited, and I kept observing her expression carefully while I was saying this. She was a little moved.
However, she immediately asked me: "Feng Xiao, tell me, what kind of sacrifice is worth it? Can you put it more simply?"
I said: "To put it simply, it must be equal to the value of our lives, or higher than the value of our lives. Only then is it worth sacrificing for something like that."
She was silent for a while, and I could feel that what I just said had a great impact on her.
But what I didn't expect was that she immediately said with a wry smile: "Feng Xiao, our values are different. And I don't agree with some of your statements. But I don't want to argue with you on this issue anymore. Each of us has our own
Even if you have different values, you can’t force others to have the same values as you, right?
Mothers are willing to sacrifice their lives for their children, some are willing to sacrifice their lives for love, and some are willing to sacrifice their lives for their responsibilities... Feng Xiao, I just want to say one thing, that is, we do not
You must be too selfish. After listening to you say so much, I really feel that your thoughts are very backward, even reactionary...
Forget it, I don’t force you to think the same as me, after all, each of us has different values. I just have one idea, for the sake of my dead comrades, I am willing to sacrifice my life to uncover the truth."
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
At this moment, I suddenly realized that I was so insignificant in front of her, because I couldn't be like her. Maybe it was just like what she said, that I was too selfish?
In fact, I also know that this is a difficult issue to explain clearly. Regarding the issue of values, everyone has different standards in their hearts, and there is no question of who is right or wrong.
We were all silent immediately.
Fortunately, Director Lu called at this time, "Mayor Feng, there is no surveillance video on that floor of the hotel that day."
I was immediately surprised, and at the same time, I suddenly felt that the problem here was somewhat complicated and serious.
Tong Yao also immediately focused her attention on me. Perhaps she noticed something was wrong with my expression. She hurriedly asked me: "What's the problem? The surveillance video is gone, right?" (To be continued)