7. Meta-ethics

The theory of Taiji Evolutionism believes that there are three fundamental value standards: individualism, humanism and evolutionism.

7.1 Individualism

Many ancient and modern thinkers of China and abroad have discussed the private interest, but the depth of the discussion is very different. The depth of understanding of self-interest can be divided into eight levels.

(1) Admit that everyone has private interests. Don't just see the goodwill, a lot of goodwill is hypocrisy.

(2) To see that self-interest comes from the nature of animals.

(3) See the contradiction between profit and justice.

(4) Seeing the Restraint is needed when contradiction between interests and justice. Zhu Xi said," We must obey the law of God, and destroy human desire." Most religions are based on the principle of restraining one's desires. Most of the ancient ethics stayed at this level.

(5) The recognition of private interest as justice. Epicurus said, "Happiness is the highest good we are born with."

(6) To see the unity of interest and justice. Adam Smith said that the market system ensures that the businessman increase the social benefit while he maximizes his own interests, which is better than that when businessman take the initiative to do.

(7) Recognize the importance of private interests to social development. Since the Renaissance, humanism and liberalism have always advocated the liberation of human nature, Freud discussed the influence of sexual desire on society, Marx believed that the economic base determines the superstructure, and the economic base is the activity to satisfy people's selfish desires.

(8) Scientific meta-ethics. It is to take individualism, humanism and evolutionism as the ultimate standard of value, fully understand the unity of opposites of the three, and take meta-ethics as the basis of epistemology and ontology.

7.2 Humanism

Humanism is people-oriented, not animal-oriented. People and animals are not equal. It's one person, one vote. You can't say one chicken, one vote, one duck, one vote.. Man can kill pigs, pigs can't kill people. But every person is equal, and it is unjust to harm the interests of other people.

Everyone wants to be around people who are kind and helpful so that we can get help ourselves. Therefore, everyone praises the act of helping others, so that the social fashion of helping others can be formed. The fundamental driving force behind this social trend is individualism. This is called basing Yin and holding Yang(负阴而抱阳), Yin is individualism, Yang is humanism. Whether a society is made up of model workers or prisoners, after a period of development, there will be a social trend of helping others. Because its fundamental driving force is individualism.

At the same time, human beings also have a good nature. At the beginning human nature is inherently evil, and at the same time, their nature is inherently kind. This good nature, if encouraged, may develop the acquired character of the adult.

7.3 Evolutionism

Freedom, democracy and fraternity are the core of Western values, freedom is basically equal to individualism, democracy and fraternity are basically equal to humanism. But individualism and humanism alone are not complete; evolutionism is also needed. Prosperity, civilization, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, rationality, science and innovation all belong to evolutionism. Such qualities or changes would make the world more complex and orderly, so they should have the same status as freedom, democracy, and fraternity.