The Ethical Thought of "The Mean" and its Contemporary Value

Abstract

The Meanwhile contains a wealth of ethical thinking, this paper mainly discusses the ethical thinking of the Meanwhile from two aspects: ethical norms and ethical virtues.This paper mainly discusses the ethical thoughts of "The Meanwhile" from the aspects of ethical norms and ethical virtues, which permeate the four aspects of family relationship ethics, social interaction ethics, national.Its ideas permeate the four aspects of family relationship ethics, social interaction ethics, national political ethics and natural ecological ethics. The ethical thinking of "The Meanwhile" contains four approaches: moderation, use of the middle, and harmony and difference,Moderation is the need to grasp the right "degree" of doing things, avoiding "too much" and "not enough";The two extremes of good and bad things are grasped and appropriate methods are used; the time is taken according to different situations; and different measures are taken; and different methods are adopted.Harmony and Difference is to get along with each other harmoniously, but not to agree with each other casually.