Confucian self-discipline is a Traditional Narrative
Narrative of self-deception
The ethical expression of how “self-disciplined” human nature is, on the surface, every sentence is correct. Be self-disciplined, be sincere, be honest, and learn from time to time. However, although people can recite these maxims, they cannot do so, and even behave in ways that completely deviate from such maxims.
Faced with such a phenomenon of human nature, a person with problem awareness must first admit that human beings will never be able to achieve the unity of knowledge and action on the proposition of self-discipline, which constitutes a human dilemma: in the long run, human beings have never been able to effectively manage themselves. The Bible directly writes this sentence: Your heart is willing, but your body is often weak. Remember this sentence, understand it, and understand the natural darkness of human nature. A person will not unilaterally strengthen the meaning of self-discipline, nor will he unilaterally deny the importance of self-discipline, but will further develop his own problem awareness :
For example, we should ask what benchmarks a person should rely on to achieve self-discipline, whether self-discipline is an idealistic ultimate appeal, or an open-ended error-correction process. Kant’s expression is that man must rely on the…
