Sun Tiejian asked: "Father, how should this moral bottom line be set, and what should be used as the standard?" "This question should be asked to you, but this moral bottom line should not be set too high, but it should not be set too low. I have been studying for so many years, and I believe that the moral realm of people can be divided into 12 levels, from high to low: educating the world, being born by the common people, benefiting one party, mentioning relatives and friends, being good to one's family, only being good to one's body, being able to change oneself, being too small to be continuous, not committing a big one, being a disaster, being a beast, and not being a son of man. ”

Everyone was stunned, what kind of twelve-fold realm is this? Han Wenzheng went on to explain: "The so-called moral character of a person is reflected in the daily things he does, and the state of a person's moral character depends on his daily behavior, so these twelve-fold realms are often reflected in daily life. Of course, this is not the more power a person has, the better the governance of the place, the more it can be reflected, sometimes, a person in the opposition can also use his virtue to influence the whole region. ”

"Educating the world means that this person's morality is enough to be a teacher for all generations, even if it is a model of morality after hundreds of millions of years, his virtue will not be worn out by time, and many of his behaviors are regarded as the right way in the world, which is the highest moral realm of life. To achieve such a state, only the most selfless people can do it, and in my opinion, I am afraid that only the Heavenly Dao has this qualification. Ze is a person who can benefit the people of the world and provide countless benefits for the people of the world, and his model of virtue can be praised by thousands of generations. For the benefit of one party, its actions can benefit the people of a region, and the moral character is noble. Moreover. The people he helped were not related by blood or day-to-day. If you can treat people who have nothing to do with you equally, such people are qualified to be called benefiting one party. As for mentioning relatives and friends, it means that this kind of person will only try to help his relatives and friends, and he will not pay too much attention to other people who have nothing to do with him. These fourfold realms are enough to be called the realm of goodness. ”

Everyone nodded their heads to show that they didn't need to think about educating the world, and even the four generations of patriarch Lao Tzu and Dacheng Holy Ancestor Confucius had not yet reached such a realm? As for Ze being born by the common people, there are still many such people, such as Confucius and Lao Tzu are typical of them. There are even more for the benefit of one party. There are even more people who bring relatives and friends. However, in terms of the overall number of people who have reached this fourfold realm for thousands of years, there are very few people, and the proportion of them is even smaller, after all, those who have reached this fourfold realm are not ordinary people.

"Being good at one's own family means that one only cares about one's own small family, as for outsiders, they all say that they are outsiders, so naturally they don't have to pay too much attention to it. Those who are only good at themselves are afraid that they only care about themselves, even if they are like husband and wife. Blood relations are like parents, children, and brothers, once there is a conflict of interest. They all only care about themselves first, of course, since they are called good for themselves, it means that this kind of person will not take the initiative to harm others, and everything is still within the scope of people's acceptance. People can make mistakes, they can quickly correct their mistakes, and what they have made is not a big mistake, and at the same time, they can also learn from their mistakes and stop doing it in the future, which can also be called good. Small mistakes, that is, they often make some small mistakes, and don't pay much attention to the impact of these small mistakes, but it won't bring too much trouble to everyone, but it just makes people feel that this person is always taught repeatedly, and they don't want to get close to him. This fourfold realm corresponds to the realm of ordinary people, and in fact, the people in this fourfold realm should be said to account for more than ninety percent of the number of the whole society. ”

"As for not committing a big mistake, it means that he will not do a very big mistake, but there are not a few things like stealing chickens and dogs, although he has not accumulated any serious evils, but it also makes the people in the neighborhood hate him. If this kind of person is a bad person, he will cause relatively great harm to the whole society, and the impact will be very bad, and he will be a person who will be attacked. Animals are not as good as animals, they are no longer within the scope of human beings, as long as they are human beings, they cannot do such evil deeds. Not being a son of man means that he is no longer worthy of being a human being, what he has done is beyond the scope of human beings, and being unworthy of being a human being is enough to describe the human being of this kind of person. Those in this fourfold realm are evil, and in the words of ordinary people, they are bad people. ”

After listening to Han Wenzheng's explanation, everyone fell into deep thought. After a long while, Zhou Tiehu said: "Father means that if we want to set the moral bottom line, we should set the moral bottom line above the middle fourfold, and the moral corrupt ones in the latter four are among the blows, and they can no longer be used as the moral bottom line." ”

Wei Tiexing said: "Father, your idea is very good, but if an ordinary person does something immoral, but his behavior does not violate the law, we law enforcers cannot use the law to crack down on them, so even if we know that their behavior is inappropriate, how will we punish them?" For example, if a person often sings loudly in the middle of the night, he doesn't sing for a long time, but just a few minutes is enough to disturb people's dreams, but his behavior is beyond the scope of the law, even if he reports the crime, at most it is just a few verbal warnings, so will he correct it because of a few verbal warnings?"

"This is indeed a big problem, some things, from a legal point of view, it is not a big problem, even if he is convicted according to the law, it is some small punishment, but the impact is very far-reaching. Therefore, in response to these behaviors, we need to find a way to solve them. I was reminded of a case I had before. It is an elderly man who was hit by a car and fell on the road, and the driver ignored it, and then a good Samaritan got out of the car and took him to the hospital, and also paid for his medical expenses. But not only was the old man not grateful to the good Samaritan, on the contrary, the counter-accusation was that the good Samaritan knocked him down, and the good Samaritan was fully responsible, but the good Samaritan was at a loss for words, and in the end, he could only pay a large sum of money. Han Wenzheng remembered a classic case that happened in the age of the earth.

Everyone understands that this is a very troublesome case, from a legal point of view, this old man falsely accused a well-wisher, even if he failed to do so, his behavior was at most just a false accusation, and he would not be punished too heavily if he was sentenced according to the law. After all. It didn't cause much bad consequences to well-wishers. But. From the moral level, it has an unusually far-reaching impact, and since then, I am afraid that there are not many well-wishers who dare to save people, and if they don't save them, they have already made the social atmosphere decline a big step, and people's moral bottom line has been lowered a lot. After all, they are all ordinary people, once they are slandered like this. I'm afraid that I can't wash it even if I jump into the Yellow River, so I can't get a good reward for doing good deeds, but I will lose a lot of money, and I'm afraid that no one will do such a good deed.

Wei Tiexing asked a little curiously: "Father, what was the social reaction after the report at that time?" "The social reaction is very large, and many people sympathize with this kind person. And after that, many reporters took a lot of people and asked: 'What if the same thing happened.' Do you dare to save people?' ”

People are of the same mind, and one innocent person is hit. Injured in vain, and the driver went away, trying to find someone to compensate but couldn't find it. This sin is tantamount to being in vain, not only for physical injury, but also for property damage. On the other hand, if you slander a well-wisher in this way, not only can you get monetary compensation, but even if the counter-accusation is unsuccessful, the law will not have much to do with him.

Wei Tiexing asked again: "Father, then what do you think should be done with this case? This case is not very harmful in terms of its harmfulness, and the old man's accusation of a well-wisher is just an ordinary case, but the consequences are too great. From what my father just said, this old man has already violated people's moral bottom line and has had an extremely bad impact on society, so in this sense, it is not an exaggeration to punish this old man to death. ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, Wei Tie's punishment was reasonable, and the death penalty was not excessive, but according to the law, what article could be sentenced in this way? Emotionally speaking, it could be punished with capital punishment, but without the support of the law, what judge could sentence this judgment? Which judge would dare to sentence it?

Han Wenzheng smiled and said: "I didn't care much about this aspect back then, and I didn't have the energy to care, I just knew a little bit about it, and I didn't know too much about the specific details." But it doesn't matter, what matters is, if the same case happens under our rule, how should we adjudicate it?"

Wei Tiexing smiled bitterly: "Unless it is legislation, otherwise, it can only be a light sentence according to the law." "Everyone understands the law, and they know how helpless it is to say that Daowei is punished with iron, but can such a law be enacted? Therefore, I believe that moral issues should not be dealt with by conventional laws, but more importantly by the moral strength of our society as a whole. Therefore, we can set up an ethics court. Judge with a moral court. Han Wenzheng put forward his own idea.

"Ethics court?" "Yes, it's a ethics court. We can use all kinds of news media to organize a group of well-known scholars and scholars who are well-known in society, as well as a large group of members of all walks of life in society, to form a virtual court that does not require the presence of prisoners. Then, judge it on a moral level. The outcome of this trial and punishment will not have any binding effect on the prisoner himself, nor will there be any physical or financial loss, but we can call on the whole society to criticize his behavior, resulting in a situation that thousands of people are pointing to. It is no longer about imposing economic sanctions on them by the whole society. The corrupt officials of the ancient times had people who starved to death with money, and now, they can also be allowed to try such a taste. ”

In ancient times, there was a corrupt official, who was extremely greedy and plagued the world, and was exiled, and as a result, in the process of exile, all the people who passed along the way did not do business with him, and in the end, this corrupt official had countless money and could not buy any food, and at the end of the day, he starved to death.

Once the morality court has made a decision, it can also call on everyone not to associate with him, isolate him, and leave the moral corrupt person in an isolated island until he publicly admits his mistakes. I believe that with such a punishment, any imitator will have to think twice. This kind of punishment does not have any legal effect, and the effect of punishment can only depend on the moral strength of the whole society, and only if everyone thinks that he is immoral and despises what he has done, can the effect be achieved. This is also of great benefit to the maintenance of righteousness in society.

Of course, how to improve this moral court, we need legal experts such as Wei Tiexing, Han Wenzheng just put forward this idea of solution, and the specific still depends on experts to do it, I believe that Wei Tiexing will be busy in the coming days. (To be continued......)

PS: I wish you all a happy New Year's Day and all the best in 2014.