How to realize the value of life

Low is the standard to measure the value of life. In capitalist society, the bourgeoisie regards the amount of money and wealth as the standard to measure the value of life. Therefore, never talk about the value of life in a general and abstract way. But among some young friends, there is a misconception that "only humanitarianism can truly respect human values". However, regarding the value of human beings, abstract humanists believe that humanitarianism should transcend classes. In their eyes, workers and capitalists, people in socialist society and people in capitalist society have the same standard to measure the value of life. Namely "human freedom, human rights, human happiness and human dignity". The mistake of this view is obvious. Let's look at this conversation: One cold winter, at the home of a coal miner in the United States, the son asked his mother, "Why don't you light a stove now?" Mother replied, "We can't afford coal." The son asked again; "Why can't you afford coal?" Mother said; "Because your father lost his job." The young son asked further; "Why is Dad unemployed?" Mother said, "Because there is too much coal." Under the wage labor system, the more surplus value workers create, the heavier the degree of exploitation, which may even become the condition for workers to lose their jobs, and even intellectuals can't escape the fate of unemployment. Please look at a cartoon published in Der Spiegel in West Germany. The picture shows a professor with a broom as a cleaner and a doctor begging along the street with a violin. The professor asked; "Doctor, how are you?" The doctor said, "Thank you, Professor, it was careless!" " "This is an excellent footnote for abstract humanitarianism and human values! There is no so-called super-historical super-class person in the world, and of course there can be no super-historical super-class humanitarianism and human value. It is hypocritical and deceptive to talk about "respecting people's value" and "people's free development" without specific historical articles and social relations. In short, the so-called value of life is the usefulness of meeting the needs of others and society in life practice. Its essence is a specific relationship between individuals and social needs. Second, what are the characteristics of life value? The characteristics of life value mainly include the following aspects; (1) people who realize the value of life in labor creation are the spirit of all things and have positive creativity. This creativity can be embodied in labor. First of all, labor creates man himself. Marxism holds that labor is the first basic condition for all human activities, and labor creates people themselves. From apes to humans, labor has played a decisive role. Secondly, human labor has created all material and spiritual wealth. Among them, people's labor is the decisive force. Working people are the real creators of social wealth and have real life value. Third, human labor has created human society. The five forms of human social development are all derived from the fact that human beings have promoted the development of productive forces through labor, and the development of economic base has promoted the reform of superstructure. From the above analysis, we can easily see that people show the value of life in labor. Working people are pioneers of civilization and creators of social wealth. They have made the greatest contribution to society and realized the greatest value of life. (2) The value of life is restricted by society. In a class society, all ruling classes take enjoyment for granted, which is reasonable and legal. Working people are considered to have only the obligation to create wealth and no right to enjoy it. In them, the rich have life value, but the working people don't. In private ownership society, the separation of rights and obligations also affects the creation and concept of life value of working people. In socialist society, due to the public ownership of the means of production and the principle of distribution according to each according to his ability, people's rights and obligations have been unified, creating equal opportunities for everyone to realize the value of life. In particular, recognize the labor creation of workers, peasants and intellectuals, give full play to their enthusiasm and make their lives valuable. And all those who get something for nothing have no value in life. (3) There are individual differences in the value of life. Under the same social conditions, especially under socialist conditions, the differences in life values exist objectively. The reasons are: first, everyone's physical strength and intelligence are different. Because people's social experiences are different; The difference of intelligence and ability determines the difference of life value. Secondly, individual's subjective efforts and creativity are different, which leads to different values of life. Under the original meaning of society, some people struggle for the people on the principle of collectivism. Serving the society, so as to be affirmed by the society and others, its life value is great. On the other hand, only thinking about personal interests, unwilling to serve others and society, or meeting the needs of others and society is insignificant, so the value of life is insignificant. (4) People are not only the creators of wealth, but also the enjoyment of wealth. The real value of life lies in contributing to society, not taking it. But this does not deny that people ask for it from social cooperatives. Because you can't live without it. The existence and continuation of human life need a certain material foundation and a certain material consumption. However, the wealth enjoyed and consumed by human beings is created by human beings themselves. Without this kind of wealth creation, people can't enjoy everything. Therefore, people can't just be users. More importantly, be a creator. Because people are social people, individuals exist as a member of society, and everything that individuals need to exist cannot be separated from what society provides. If everyone only asks for nothing, then human society will cease to exist. Therefore, life not only embodies the enjoyment of wealth, but also embodies the creation of wealth, and the creation of wealth is the main and prerequisite condition. 3. What are the evaluation criteria and methods of life value? What is the standard to measure the value of life? Are there any objective standards? If so, what is this objective standard? Marxist scientific outlook on life holds that the evaluation standard of life value is objective and has its definite objective content. The evaluation of a person's life value cannot be measured only by his existence or not, and whether his needs are respected and satisfied by society and others. Its basic basis lies in his responsibility, contribution and achievement to society and others. In our socialist society, the value of living includes two aspects, namely, the responsibility and contribution of individuals to society, and the respect and satisfaction of society to individuals. To evaluate a person's life value, we should link two aspects, first of all, look at the individual's contribution to society. If a person contributes to the development and perfection of society, it shows that he is valuable and his life is meaningful; If he sets any responsibilities and obligations for society, even if it harms social interests, then he has no value and significance. A person's life value, his dignity, status and honor are all in direct proportion to his responsibility and contribution to society. The greater his contribution to society, the greater his life value. As Zhang Haidi, a young model who is physically disabled and determined, said; "The real meaning of life is to contribute, not to take." This is the road of life value, and the road of life should go on like this. This is the crystallization of the life practice of many advanced figures. Einstein, a famous scientist, clearly put forward that "man lives for others". He said: "A person's value to society depends on how much his feelings, thoughts and actions have played in promoting human interests." He said so and did the same. The founders of modern atomic physics and the inventors of radioactive element sari, Mr. and Mrs. Curie, after 45 months of hard work under unimaginable conditions, extracted a few grams of pure radium from several tons of uranium slag. At that time, they were faced with two choices, one was to describe their research results to the world without reservation, and the other was to obtain the patent of this technology before publishing the research results. "Patent", what a tempting word! It represents great money and wealth. However, the Curies did not hesitate to choose the former. "Contribute, don't take" is also the life goal of the proletariat. People who struggle for the cause of human liberation all their lives always regard the interests of the majority as the greatest pleasure and happiness in life. Marx put forward "liberating all mankind", Mao Zedong put forward "serving the people", and Lu Xun put forward "bowing your head and being a willing ox". It is the life path of revolutionaries. On the other hand, society should meet the needs of individual survival and development. If this problem exists in any society, then the socialist society in particular should actively and seriously solve this problem. This is determined by the socialist system. The purpose of socialist production and construction is to meet the people's growing material and cultural needs, and to meet the legitimate needs of individuals as much as possible within the scope permitted by objective conditions. However, we advocate that individuals should be respected and satisfied by society, based on their responsibilities and contributions to society. If an individual does not work hard to create this premise, but simply enjoys success, then he deviates from the correct values. There is a simple reason. If society wants to meet individual needs and provide sufficient conditions for everyone to realize the value of life, it must first create these conditions. If we only care about ourselves, do not fulfill our responsibilities to society, and do not create material and spiritual wealth for society, then what does society rely on to meet everyone's needs? The two aspects of the value of life-contribution and demand are unified, but they are also focused, with the focus on the individual's contribution to society. Some young friends think; "Contribution and demand should be equal." This view seems reasonable; In fact, in dealing with the relationship between "contribution" and "demand", they value "demand", and they take as much as they contribute. Without them, they think they are suffering. Then he actually looks at the value of life from the perspective of commodity exchange. From the perspective of historical development, if people hold the view of "equal contribution and equal demand", history will not develop at all. Imagine that countless revolutionary martyrs gave their precious lives for the liberation of mankind and the happiness of future generations. What do they want from us? If they blindly consider the equivalence between contribution and demand, then we may still stay in the dark old society today. Other young friends think that the value of life lies in happiness. This outlook on life regards life as the satisfaction of people's physiological instinct needs, and holds that the purpose and significance of life lies in the pursuit of personal material enjoyment. The value of this indulgence in life is that the exploiting class oppresses the working people indefinitely; Pursuing the enjoyment of material life is also a philosophical reflection of the decadent outlook on life of utilitarian class. They exploit the fruits of working people, do not contribute, but only take, and their enjoyment is based on the oppression and exploitation of working people. Under the socialist system, hedonism has no soil for survival at all. Among young friends, there is also a more marketable value of life, that is, the value of pragmatism, which holds that the purpose of life is only subject to the individual's subjective will and desire, and the meaning of life lies in how little interest it brings to act according to this desire. The value of life lies in "convenience" and "usefulness", usefulness is value, and advantage is value. In layman's terms, it is "a mother with milk." The representative views associated with this outlook on life are: "everything is money-oriented" and "everything is power-oriented", and it is believed that people should pursue money and power when they are alive. These two views are copies of the life values of the exploiting classes. In feudal society, the value of life is feudal rank and privilege, and human dignity is measured by this rank and privilege. In the eyes of the landlord class, with rank and privilege, there will be property, honor and everything. And this rank and privilege can be hereditary, even "hereditary". Although we have established a socialist system, the ideology of the exploiting class has not been completely eliminated, and the concept of hierarchical privilege still exists in many people's minds. In the eyes of these people, status and power are the same, and they think they have the right not to let them expire. "Isn't this view the remnants of feudalism? The bourgeoisie believes that the value of life lies in property and money, money can decide everything, and you can do whatever it takes for money. The idea of "everything depends on money" is the expression of bourgeois life values centered on money. Some young friends think: "Social division of labor is the standard to measure the value of life. "and further believe;" The value of life is in direct proportion to the possession of knowledge. In the eyes of these people, it is always uneconomical for college student Zhang Hua to give his life to save the old farmer. "We think. In socialist society, exploitation and privilege have been eliminated, and every member of society is equal. They just have different division of labor, and there is no distinction between high and low. Of course, different people's abilities and positions have different contributions to society, but as long as they make their own efforts for society and the people, they are valuable. Moreover, the value of life includes not only the material value created by people, but also the spiritual value created by people. If Zhang Hua had never met an old farmer and his life was at stake, the former would have made greater contributions in his years and decades than the latter. But it can't be said that the old farmer is of little value. As long as he tries his best to contribute to society, he is valuable. Zhang Hua gave his life to save the old farmer. It seems that I have lost the opportunity to contribute to society, but it is not. The spiritual value created by sacrificing oneself to save others is immeasurable, which is the essence of Zhang Hua's life value. In the specific evaluation, we should also pay attention to the following points. Evaluating a person's life value requires a comprehensive, historical and scientific analysis of his life's merits and demerits. This is the fundamental way to evaluate the value of life. Because any individual's creative activities are based on certain social and historical conditions. Therefore, the evaluation of the value of life should be historical and concrete, not non-historical. Abstraction. To this end, we should do the following: first, when evaluating the ancients, don't belittle or raise them. The actions of the ancients have become history, and history is the most just. To evaluate the life value of the ancients, modern people must adhere to the historical materialism and look at its progressive significance to society under the historical conditions at that time. Second, to evaluate modern people, we should not judge right or wrong by one thing, but by their merits and demerits at different stages of development and at the same stage of life. There are inevitably shortcomings and mistakes in life. It is necessary to distinguish between right and wrong, distinguish right from wrong, seek truth from facts, and not generalize. Only on the basis of scientific analysis can we correctly evaluate the value of life. The third is to adhere to the unity of ability and effort. A person's ability is big or small, his effort is high or low, and his contribution is different. If a person with great ability has made contributions with little ability and tried his best with only half of his ability, what should he think? Explained by materialist dialectics, it should be affirmed that people with small abilities have realized the value of life, while people with great abilities have not all realized the value of life. As Mao Zedong pointed out: "A person's ability varies greatly, but as long as he has this spirit, he is a noble person, a pure person, a moral person and a person who is free from low tastes. People who are beneficial to the people. "To realize the value of life, how to realize the value of life in the great cause of building socialism. To achieve: (1) set up lofty ideals. The lofty ideal is the crystallization of faith and the guiding light. People with lofty ideals, no matter how bumpy passers-by, will always overcome difficulties and work hard. (2) We should have real talent and practical learning, and understand that the value of life is created by people's social labor. People's creative ability is not innate, but the result of acquired learning and practice accumulation. Only with real talent and practical learning can we create material wealth and spiritual wealth for the people. Especially in the rapid development of science and technology today, people are required to think hard and study hard. We should not only master the spiritual wealth created by predecessors and present people, but also be brave in innovation, discovery, invention, creation and progress. Only in this way can we make greater contributions to the country and people and improve our life value. (3) People who are brought into the collective are social people. Only when people work in social collectives can they survive and truly talk about human values. Lei Feng said it well; A drop of water will never dry up unless it is put into the sea. Only when a person integrates himself into the collective cause can he be most powerful. Being among the masses, the value of life will flash and sublimate. In our socialist country, the realization and improvement of human value can only be realized by the leadership of the party, the socialist system and the broad masses of the people. Otherwise, it is bound to go astray. (d) A socialist society with strong enterprising spirit has created a good environment for realizing the value of life and provided equal opportunities for competition. How to realize the value of life? Mainly depends on your own efforts. Start with me, start with the little things in life and study, do more good deeds and do more practical things, and create more wealth for society, others and the four modernizations. Moreover, we should set the goal of life value higher and further, so as to motivate ourselves to contribute to the lofty ideal of the proletariat-* * *. Contemporary youth should learn from great proletarian revolutionaries and proletarian soldiers, and strive to create immortal values of life.