Daoism has often been misunderstood as moral nihilism or anti-moralism, but the true Daoism indeed adopts a positive attitude towards morality. At the foundation of its universal sentiment is an affirmation of morality. Daoism takes all things as the starting point of its values in moral philosophy, and ziran 自然 (sponstaneously so) as the foundation of its philosophy with the universal commitment. Daoism hopes to use “ Dao to create the best environment for survival, and to fulfill individual responsibility for (...) all things in the world. This is a universal and open attitude towards values. The attraction of Daoist universal sentiment is that it takes ziran as its path, and “objectless desire, “unprincipled knowing, “non-coercive action as ways and means to ensure the transfer of the universal value to all things, while ensuring that they realize their true values and make contributions to the whole society. (shrink)

本书通过对孔子、孟子、荀子、《周易》道德思想的个案分析，聚焦了天人、命、人性、仁爱、义利、诚信等十二个专题，较为全面地展示了儒家道德的全貌。.

本书以先秦为时代背景,从孔子“志于道,据于德”的道德思想、孟子“尊德乐道”的道德思想、《周易》“和顺于道德而理于义”的道德思想、荀子“道德纯备,智惠甚明”的道德思想这四个方面研究了先秦儒家的道德思想.