A snow and ice trapped countless car owners on the way home for the New Year, and at the same time, it also made a phenomenon hot news: residents near the highway carried instant noodles, hot water and other supplies on their backs in bamboo baskets, walked on the highway, stepped on the muddy and snowy road, came to the trapped car owners, and peddled to them.
This is not a new thing, and it can't become a big hot spot - until some car owners complained: "Residents near the highway sell hot boiled water, instant noodles and other materials to trapped passengers at sky-high prices." This sky-high price, according to different ** "revealed", said that there are instant noodles and hot rice equivalent to 10 yuan, 20 yuan, and 30 yuan;On the flip side of this, many enthusiastic people prepared free hot water food for those stranded on the road.
As a result, since ** entered the hot spot of discussion, everyone stood on one side and began a big discussion. But most people think that those who rescue people for free are certainly appreciated and admired, but those who provide food to the trapped people in the form of transactions are also understandable in their actions, even if their purpose is to make money - that ** is really not sky-high;Even for those enthusiastic people who help for free, the recipient should automatically give a certain amount of reward. Speaking of this question, it is natural to think of the allusion of "Zigong ransom": the law of the Lu State stipulates that if the countrymen become slaves in a foreign country, the people who redeem them can ask the state for reimbursement of the ransom. Confucius's ** Zigong (Duanmu Ci) once ransomed a person, but after returning to China, he refused the state's compensation. When Confucius found out, he said, "Zigong, you have done something wrong. Receiving compensation from the state will not damage your character, but if you do not receive compensation, there will be no one in the country of Nalu to redeem your compatriots. ”
The opposite of Zigong is his fellow disciples. Zilu rescued a drowning man, and the man sent a cow to express his gratitude, but Zilu did not shirk and happily accepted it. Confucius said: "From now on, the Lu people will definitely rush to save the drowning people." ”
After all, the master is a teacher, and he can see and know. Zigong is the first of the top ten ** in Confucius who can do business, he has money, and the ransom is not worth mentioning to him, but he seems to be a little childish when he accepts it, which makes people chew his tongue and accuse himself of being calculating and not plucking a hair, so not accepting it is his best choice.
But if his noble practice becomes the standard for redeeming people in the Lu State, then what should people who are rich without Zigong do?If you don't redeem it, you can't live with it on your conscience and morality;Redeem it, it's really hard to pay. What happens when moral standards are uprooted to the highest and most people can't? There is no doubt that it will keep people away from this situation, just as most people will choose not to help the elderly when the cost of lifting an elderly person who has fallen cannot be afforded.
Therefore, sometimes, the decline of morality may also stem from the fact that personal morality is regarded as public morality, or that moral standards are artificially raised to the point that most people cannot meet them. It is only right that we praise those noble private virtues, and at the same time maintain the public virtues that the vast majority of people can do.
Of course, if you want to say that those who jump out of all kinds of bars, those who shout sky-high prices, lose their conscience, demand that everything should be free, and shout for selfless help from others, they don't know the difference between private morality and public morality, and that is not inevitable. Even they know this better.
The person who makes this voice is nothing more than thinking: I am already unlucky enough, so I should not spend another penny, so you should give me everything for free and comfort my feelings.
This is actually a kind of "I'm unlucky, I'm justified", "my needs are the most important" mentality, a kind of self-centered selfishness, trying to morally kidnap others with a victim posture.
This situation is reflected in society, in the workplace, and in the family. In everyday life, there are often people who kidnap others for various reasons to make concessions. No matter how noble morality is, on the premise of not harming one's own interests, the appropriate transfer of interests is already a manifestation of high morality.
You should be grateful for free help, but the charge is also a matter of course, as long as it is not at an outrageous ** starting price, it is completely understandable. Seeing this news, most of the netizens who understand the charge and oppose the free reply of netizens, I feel that most netizens are sensible. In the era of market economy, there is no need to deliberately elevate the behavior of self-sacrifice, and helping others also needs to be done within one's means. Instead of letting the helpers suffer and get angry. Dampen the motivation of those who help others.
The snow has basically come to an end today, and through the joint efforts of many parties, the snow on the road has gradually cleared, and many trapped people have returned to their homes. No one wants to experience natural disasters, difficulties are temporary, we were born in China, there is a firm leadership of collective wisdom and unity, there are good compatriots who are in trouble and support from all sides, and any difficulties can be passed.
This experience may be thrilling, or it may be heart-wrenching, and the New Year will soon begin, and the joy of reunion will dilute all difficulties. The coming year will be a year of hard work.