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Is kindness stupid? The present society is very irritating! Where is the good man with conscience! ? Kindness is considered stupid, and it is difficult for good people to do it! what do you think?

A person with healthy personality and mental health is a person with a good balance between good and evil in his heart.

On the surface, self-interest is human nature, because people can only take care of others if they satisfy their own biological survival. Altruism means that people have to consider the survival of others in social life, so it is a kind of * * * survival. Suppose A has two loaves of bread and B has two bottles of water. If both A and B are selfish and don't care about each other, the lesser of the two evils will result in two injuries. And if A and B each give up half of their own interests to each other, then these two good things intersect and the result is two interests. In this way, altruism becomes an exchange, in which people benefit, and the interests of * * * are greater than the sum of personal interests, thus forming a good result. In this way, the society will be harmonious, and people will feel happy when they develop and progress. On the contrary, society will go backwards, and people will feel depressed and fail. People are looking forward to this exchange, because in this transaction process, people not only get material interdependence and support, but also get spiritual comfort and care, which brings happiness to people.

People acquire the concepts of good and evil at the same time in the process of socialization. This unity of opposites is inseparable. Everyone, as long as he is a normal social person, must be a balance of good and evil. A person with healthy personality and mental health is a person with a good balance between good and evil in his heart. In his mind, evil represents the demand for personal interests and rights protection, and good represents the ability to weigh and judge the interests of others in the process of meeting personal needs and finally make decisions recognized by the social system. In this case, a good decision actually becomes a transaction, because its good expression should be rewarded, and personal interests are amplified in this reward. If good deeds are not rewarded, the giver will feel depressed, failed and even angry. It can be seen that this level of goodness (altruism) is really an enlarged evil (egoism). In this regard, Hume said: "The most generous friendship, no matter how sincere, is a variant of self-love. We don't even know it ourselves. When we seem to plan freedom and happiness for mankind wholeheartedly, we are just looking for self-satisfaction. "

From this perspective, there are no absolutely evil people in the world, because selfish people are actually self-destructive. There are no absolute good people in the world, because absolute good is to give up self and go to nothingness. This spirit, which is called "supreme goodness", can only be found in the supreme realm of religion. The spirit of religious sacrifice and the practice of abstinence require that people be liberated from the material desire of original sin (selfish evil), delivered to a perfect position, and completely handed over to the embrace of the goal of faith, that is, conversion. Furthermore, religious spirit is essentially a transcendence of secular moral values, reaching the realm of no good and no evil. Therefore, religion should cross over and save all people (good and evil).

The balance between good and evil is not only reflected in the individual level, but also the goal that our whole society should pursue. Since mankind entered the private ownership society, the evil of self-interest has been concentrated in the possession of private property. In order to own property to the maximum extent, people form different interest groups and achieve a relative balance between good and evil within the group, which is manifested in mutual assistance and unity under the premise of hierarchical system. Outside the group, it is blindly evil, that is, constantly occupying, plundering and killing. The group interests of human society are finally determined in the form of the state and become the shell of the balance between good and evil. Within a country, institutions and laws become a balance mechanism between good and evil. Once the legal system is established, it becomes the embodiment of justice and the representative of the will of "goodness". Therefore, the most basic obligation of citizens is to abide by the law, that is, to be kind and to be the greatest altruism. Ordinary people's good deeds, such as giving and helping others, are a hidden heart and a supplement to great kindness. When talking about people's social virtue, Hume pointed out: "Because everyone has a strong connection with society, they all realize that they can't live independently. Therefore, they become in favor of all habits or principles that promote social order, and calmly ensure that they have such precious blessings. To what extent we attach importance to our happiness and well-being, we will certainly applaud the just and humane approach. Only through this approach can society be maintained and everyone can reap the fruits of mutual protection and assistance. "

Because every member of society is a balance of good and evil, the society composed of it is also a balance field of good and evil. This is what Aristotle said about the double meaning of good, that is, individual and society. We don't expect a society full of goodness, because it will be a lifeless, lifeless and stagnant society. We have briefly experienced that kind of social ideal, doing good deeds every day and constantly fighting against selfishness. The result is a suffocating era. This is very much like the Middle Ages in Europe. When God and God rule social life, the goodness of religion pervades the world and human nature is destroyed. The balance between good and evil has been broken, the balance has tilted to the good side, but society has regressed.