Are the values of ethical supremacy and group supremacy recognized? Why?

Group-oriented thought is the basic feature and core spirit of China traditional culture. It pays attention to the external force center and mutual support and dependence, and thinks that people are interactive individuals with group survival needs and ethics, and the fate of each individual is closely related to the group. Group-oriented thought is based on the consanguineous group of the family, emphasizing the group as the center and the group interest as the core interest, and the individual is only a part of the group, emphasizing the responsibility, obligation and contribution of the individual to the family, society and other groups.

China's traditional group values play an important role in promoting social stability, safeguarding national interests and consolidating centralized rule. Only when all individuals meet the requirements of social groups and realize the interests of social groups can they gain their own value. Everything that is useful to individuals will not be affirmed if it is not included in the value system of social groups. Individuals are not only independent value entities, but also have no independent position to measure and evaluate value.

Group-based thought emphasizes integrity, which makes China traditional culture have strong vitality, organizational cohesion, strong adaptability and coordination. As the only uninterrupted ancient culture in the world, the long-term unity and stability of China culture and China society are also attributed to the influence of the overall values based on groups.

The collectivism principle is the most important moral principle in China feudal society. It holds that the interests of the group are absolutely higher than those of the individual, and the personality, dignity and value of the individual are insignificant and accidental, which leads to the vast majority of individuals in society becoming tools of minority rule, their legitimate interests are not respected, and their individuality loses the space for survival and development. When modern western individualism began to impact China, group-based holism led to China's backwardness in modern times to a great extent, which caused people to deeply reflect on China's traditional culture.

The collectivism advocated by contemporary China is actually a critical inheritance, enrichment and development of the group-based thought, which closely combines the integrity and individuality of the traditional group-based thought and realizes their dialectical unity.