western philosophy thought, egoism is a human instinct, to which one should not make moral judgments, but only in the light of its general trend. at the same time, people still have another kind of instinct, namely sympathy. compassion is to egoistic instinct as the foundation, to consider others in one's own place, place oneself in others' position for other people think is sympathy.
have a life of their own self-interest, numbness, as of stone, to the lives of others will be cold; only know oneself, cannot consider others in one's own place, no compassion, like animals, to the lives of others will be unfeeling.
egoism is the first instinct of life, compassion is the second of life instinct, the latter from the former derived. the so-called sympathy, is to consider others in one's own place, know others is also a selfish instinct of life, and therefore can not harm. the rule of law social order that is built on egoism and sympathetic consideration above, a matter of fact simply protecting self-interest, punishment harm, i.e., under the rule of freedom. in a society, if the selfish behavior is protected, the life of the acts are punished, such a society must be a both dynamic and orderly society.
sympathy, that people treat each other in life, is the foundation of morality, no sympathy, people will be reduced to a beast, will make a series of perverse things. so, good is the most basic moral quality, is the distinction between the boundaries of good and bad the first and also the last. if a person does not have compassion,he is far less than the beast, countless bad times. the beast's brutal only instinct, will not exceed the survival needs of the
degree. there is no man cruel side, completely unrelated to the dirty and survival, the interests of deformity, to desire, in order to abnormal psychology, what bad things do. only in humans, it will produce all sorts of strange things of torture.
treat the animal not cruelty, it is not only to respect other life on earth, but also the human purity need of their mental and moral. we can conclude that, an animal abuse people, certainly not respect for human life. people's sense of life once numb, heart becomes cold, not in the similar words.
a real sympathy for fellow man, the compassion extends to animals, it is the most natural thing. similarly, the wanton abuse and animal cruelty guy, we can conclude that they are of similar must also be cold. therefore, whether to treat animals, involves not only the fate of animals, the results will be reflected in the human body, great influence on moral. in this sense, the protection of animals is to protect humanity, redemption of animals is the human spirit of self-help.
good people have the heart of tolerance, to be able to forgive other’s mistakes and not envy other’s achievements. in my opinion, it is more difficult to not envy other’s excellence, but it is more important for an open society.
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