Author(s)

Li Yue ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Philosophy, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, 610041, China

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ABSTRACT

The first two sentences in Wang Yangming's four-sentence teaching point out the possible dimensions of the existence of good and evil and the place where good and evil unfold. As a value judgment, the source of good and evil lies in meaning, which has two levels, one is the original sincerity, and the other is the private intention processed by the subject. The good and evil in the empirical world is from the level of private intention. Evil is not substantive. In terms of its content, it can be divided into two categories: natural evil and moral evil. Moral evil is manifested in the relativity of phenomena, the value regulation of phenomena, and the obstruction of ontology. Wang Yangming emphasizes overcoming the evil of morality with sincerity and standing up for the morality of the subject.

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Li Yue, Research on Wang Yangmings Theory of Good and Evil in Mind. Philosophy Journal (2023) Vol. 2: 131-135. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/phij.2023.020122.

REFERENCES

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[2] Cai Renhou. Wang Yangming's Philosophy, Beijing: Jiuzhou Press, 2013 Edition, p. 104. 
[3] Hegel. Philosophy of Law or Outline of Natural Law and National Studies, Beijing: Commercial Press, 1979 edition, p. 145.
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[5] Written by Mark Barragher; translation by Yu Weishen and Wang Xu. Free Will in MIT New Concept Series, Chongqing: Chongqing University Press, 2016 Edition, p. 77.

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