TAKE 1 OF 2--ARTICLE URGES DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE

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• Publication Date: January 4, 1991
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//((ARTICLE BY XING BENSI.(671T 6321 1835): "IMPORTANCE SHOULD
BE ATTACHED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH OF LIFE SCIENCE"--
AUTHOR'S SPEECH AT THE FIRST NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LIFE SCIENCE HELD
IN BEIJING))
((TEXT)) LIFE SCIENCE IS A NEW BRANCH OF LEARNING. THOUGH SOME
SCHOLARS IN OUR COUNTRY HAVE STARTED RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION IN
THIS RESPECT. GENERALLY SPEAKING THIS WORK HAS JUST BEEN UNDER WAY.
THIS IS A FIELD THAT AWAITS FURTHER CULTIVATION AND,_ AT THE SAME
TIME, IS ALSO ONE THAT IS FULL OF HOPE.
JUST AS THE NAME IMPLIES, LIFE SCIENCE STUDIES ISSUES RELATED TO
LIFE. BUT LIFE'S ISSUES HAVE RICH IXTENSIONS AND WIDE EXTENSIONS.
AS MAN IS IMBUED WITH NATURAL AS WELL AS SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES, ISSUES
RELATED TO LIFE INVOLVE NUMEROUS REALMS IN NATURAL AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES. IF THE SCOPE OF LIFE SCIENCE IS NOT DETERMINED, IT IS
EASY TO OVERLAP INTO OTHER BRANCHES OF LEARNING. LIFE SCIENCE DOES
NOT AND CANNOT STUDY ALL ISSUES RELATED TO LIFE. ITS MAIN OBJECT IS
TO STUDY, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH SOCIETY,
HOW A PERSON ESTABLISHES THE ORIENTATION OF HIS LIFE VALUES. IT
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS: MAN'S SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES, MAN'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH SOCIETY, HOW TO ESTABLISH A PERSON'S OWN LIFE
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IDEAL AND ROAD; HOW TO SET UP THE CORRECT OUTLOOKS ON LIFE AND
VALUES AND THE CRITERIA FOR THE CORRECT OUTLOOKS ON LIFE AND VALUES;
HOW TO CHOOSE AND SET BOUNDS TO ONE'S BEHAVIOR IN SOCIAL LIFE; HOW
TO UNIFY MAN'S SELF-VALUES AND SOCIAL VALUES, AND SO ON. ALTHOUGH
CLOSEDLY RELATED TO ISSUES REGARDING OUTLOOK ON LIFE, LIFE SCIENCE
IS NOT CONCERNED WITH THE GENERAL OUTLOOK ON LIFE; RATHER, IT
EXPOUNDS IN TERMS OF LAW THOSE ISSUES RELATED TO LIFE. IT IS ALSO
CLOSELY RELATED TO ETHICS, BUT IS NOT THE GENERAL MORAL SCIENCE;
RATHER, IT EMPHASIZES THE STUDY OF ISSUES ON THE ORIENTATION OF LIFE
VALUES. IT IS NOT ONLY A VALUE.SYSTEM BUT ALSO A COGNITIVE SYSTEM,
ANSWERING SUCH QUESTIONS AS WHAT LIFE IS AND WHAT. LIFE SHOULD REALLY
FROM THE OBJECTS OF LIFE SCIENCE, WE CAN SEE THAT THIS BRANCH OF
LEARNING CARRIES IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS REGARDING OUR COUNTRY'S
SOCIAL PRACTICE AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE BUILDING. OF OUR COUNTRY'S
SOCIALIST SPIRITUAL CIVILIZATION.
WE ARE, AT PRESENT, ENGAGED IN THE BUILDING OF SOCIALISM WITH
DISTINCT CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS. TO REALIZE THIS CAUSE, WE CANNOT
DO WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE AND TALENTS. THIS MAKES IT NECESSARY TO HAVE A
CONTINGENT OF BUILDERS WITH RELATIVELY HIGH QUALITIES. HOWEVER,
HIGH QUALITIES ARE MANIFESTED IN THE POSSESSION OF NOT ONLY CERTAIN
SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND LABOR SKILLS, BUT ALSO CORRECT
IDEALS IN LIFE AND THE CORRECT ORIENTATION OF VALUES. ONLY THUS CAN
THE SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE, AS WELL AS THE WISDOM,
CREATIVITY, AND TALENTS OF BUILDERS BE BROUGHT INTO FULL PLAY. ONLY
BY INTEGRATING A HIGH DEGREE OF SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE
WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF SPIRIT OF DEDICATION SHALL WE BE ABLE TO TRULY
BRING UP A VAST, EVER-VICTORIOUS, AND INVINCIBLE CONTINGENT OF
BUILDERS TO CHARGE AND SHATTER ENEMY POSITIONS IN THE SOCIALIST
MODERNIZATION DRIVE. THIS VAST CONTINGENT IS ONE OF THE KEYS TO THE
SUCCESS OF BUILDING SOCIALISM. THE REASON WHY SOCIALIST SPIRITUAL
CIVILIZATION IS SO IMPORTANT IS NOT ONLY BECAUSE OUR SOCIETY NEEDS A
HEALTHY AND CIVILIZED HUMANE ENVIRONMENT TO FACILITATE THE
DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CAUSE OF CONTRUCTION AND REFORM, BUT ALSO
BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF MATERIAL
CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A HIGH DEGREE OF SPIRITUAL CIVILIZATION.
NATURALLY, THE REVERSE IS ALSO TRUE. ACCORDINGLY, THE BUILDING OF
THE TWO CIVILIZATIONS IS IN COMPLETE UNITY. SINCE THE ISSUES TO BE
RESOLVED IN LIFE SCIENCE ARE THE ASPECTS OF IDEALS IN LIFE AND
ORIENTATION OF LIFE VALUES, ITS OBJECTIVES ARE ENTIRELY CONSISTENT
WITH THOSE OF SOCIALIST SPIRITUAL CIVILIZATION. IT CAN BE SAID
THAT, TO RESOLVE THE PROFOUND ISSUES IN THE BUILDING OF SOCIALIST
SPIRITUAL CIVILIZATION, IT IS NECESSARY TO STUDY LIFE SCIENCE,
WHICH, IN TURN, CAN ALSO SERVE THE BUILDING OF SPIRITUAL
CIVILIZATION.
SINCE OPENING UP TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, WHILE INTRODUCING
ADVANCED WESTERN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCES,
WE HAVE ALSO INTRODUCED A LARGE BATCH OF WESTERNACADEMIC WRITINGS.
OF THESE, QUITE A LOT CARRY THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SERVING AS REFERENCE
FOR US, BUT SOME HAVE PROPAGATED DECADENT WESTERN LEARNING AND
CULTURE. THE EMERGENCE OF SUCH WRITINGS IN LARGE QUANTITIES HAS
EXERTED A VERY BAD INFLUENCE ON THE BROAD MASSES IN OUR COUNTRY,
PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE. THE HARM CAUSED BY THE BOURGEOIS
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OUTLOOK ON LIFE AND VALUES ADVOCATED IN THESE WRITINGS IS EXPECIALLY
GREAT. SUCH AN OUTLOOK ON LIFE AND VALUES PLAYS UP SELF-
CENTEREDNESS AND PLACES SELF, SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, AND SELF-VALUE
ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE. NIETZSCHE'S "SELF-DETERMINATION" AND
SARTRE.'S "SELF-CHOICE" ARE EVEN DWELT UPON WITH GREAT RELISH BY SOME
YOUNG PEOPLE. SUCH VIEWPOINTS TAKE AN INDIVIDUAL'S WILL, WISH.
INTEREST, AND BEHAVIORAL CHOICE AS BEING PURELY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF
PERSONAL FREEDOM, HOLDING THAT WHAT A PERSON CHOOSES IS HIS PERSONAL
AFFAIRS AND THAT HE IS RESPONSIBLE TO HIMSELF ALONE FOR HIS CHOICE,
IN WHICH OTHER PEOPLE, THE SOCIETY, AND PUBLIC OPINION ALL HAVE NO
RIGHT TO INTERFERE. SUCH AN OUTLOOK ON LIFE AND VALUES CENTERING ON
SELF WILL EASILY LEAD TO ANARCHY IN POLITICS AND AMORALITY ((FEI DAO
DE ZHU YI 7236 6670 1795 0031 5030)) IN LIFE. THESE TENDENCIES HAVE
SPROUTED ON THE CAMPUSES OF OUR COUNTRIES' UNIVERSITIES AND, IF
ALLOWED TO SPREAD, WILL HAVE AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS, CORROSIVE EFFECT
ON THE YOUNGER GENERATION. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OUR FUTURE AND THE
HOPES OF THE SOCIALIST CAUSE. TO ENABLE THEM TO GROW HEALTHILY IN
AN ALL-AROUND WAY--MORALLY, INTELLECTUALLY, AND PHYSICALLY--WE
SHOULD ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE NOT ONLY TO IMPARTING SCIENTIFIC AND
CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE TO THEM AND ENHANCING THEIR PHYSICAL QUALITIES,
BUT ALSO TO CARRYING OUT EDUCATION IN LIFE IDEALS AND ORIENTATION OF
LIFE VALUES.
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OF LIFE VALUES.
((TEXT)) ((PARAGRAPIh CONTINUES)) WE SHOULD NOT ONLY CONDUCT
POSITIVE EDUCATION, BUT ALSO CRITICIZE THE OUTLOOKS ON LIFE AND
VALUES IN RESPECT OF PUTTING SELF FIRST AND CENTERING ON SELF, AS
ADVOCATED IN WESTERN ACADEMIC WRITINGS, AND SWEEP AWAY THE
THEORETICAL MIASMA SPREAD BY THEM. OPENING UP STUDIES IN LIFE
SCIENCE WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO EDUCATING THE YOUNGER GENERATION IN
IDEALS IN LIFE AND ORIENTATION OF LIFE VALUES.
THE. PERFECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE MUST BE GUIDED BY
MARXISM AND, IN PARTICULAR, MARXIST PHILOSOPHY. THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF IDEALS IN LIFE AND THE CORRECT ORIENTATION OF LIFE VALUES MUST BE
BASED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW GOVERNING HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT. ONLY BY CLEARLY UNDERSTANDING. THE OBJECTIVE INEVITABLE
TREND OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT CAN WE CONSCIOUSLY. CONFORM TO THIS
TREND, IN ORDER NOT TO GO AGAINST THE HISTORICAL TREND OF THE TIMES
IN OUR CHOICE OF THE ROAD OF LIFE. IN ADDITION, WHEN ESTABLISHING
ONE'S IDEALS IN LIFE AND THE CORRECT ORIENTATION OF LIFE VALUES, IT
IS ALSO NECESSARY TO THEORETICALLY RESOLVE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE SOCIETY. ONLY BY MAKING CLEAR THIS
RELATIONSHIP CAN WE CORRECTLY APPROACH THE POSITION AND ROLE OF
INDIVIDUALS IN SOCIAL LIFE AND MAKE OUR ATTITUDE.TOWARD LIFE CONFORM
TO THE INTERESTS OF THE GROUP AND SOCIETY. MARXIST PHILOSOPHY,
PARTICULARLY HISTORICAL MATERIALISM, HAS NOT ONLY DISCLOSED THE
OBJECTIVE LAW GOVERNING: HISTORICAL. DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO EXPOUNDED
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE SOCIETY, THEREBY
HELPING US RESOLVE, IN TERMS OF BASIC THEORIES, THE ISSUE. OF HOW TO
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ESTABLISH- OUR IDEALS IN LIFE AND ORIENTATION OF LIFE VALUES, AS WELL
AS, THE ISSUE OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S ATTITUDE IN SOCIAL LIFE. NATURALLY,
THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT HISTORICAL MATERIALISM CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF
LIFE SCIENCE. HISTORICAL MATERIALISM STUDIES GENERAL LAWS, WHEREAS
LIFE SCIENCE STUDIES CONCRETE ONES. THE STUDY OF CONCRETE LAWS HAS
TO BE GUIDED BY THE THEORY OF GENERAL LAWS, BUT CANNOT BE REPLACED
BY THE LATTER. AS TO WHAT IS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CONCRETE LAWS
EXPLORED BY LIFE SCIENCE, THIS AWAITS FURTHER STUDIES BY SPECIALISTS
AND SCHOLARS OF THIS DISCIPLINE.
LIFE SCIENCE HAS A BROAD PROSPECT FOR DEVELOPMENT, THOUGH STILL
IN ITS INITIAL STAGE AT PRESENT. IT HAS NOT YET MATURED AND ITS
SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE HAVE NOT COMPLETELY TAKEN SHAPE. THEY ARE
STILL TO BE JOINTLY EXPLORED BY SPECIALISTS AND SCHOLARS ACROSS THE
NATION WHO HAVE THE ASPIRATION TO ENGAGE IN RESEARCH IN THIS FIELD.
BECAUSE OF ITS CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH PHILOSOPHY, ETHICS,
SOCIOLOGY, PEDAGOGY, AND PSYCHOLOGY IN THE HUMANITIES, IT IS ALSO
HOPED THAT LIFE SCIENCE'S DEVELOPMENT CAN GAIN ASSISTANCE FROM
SPECIALISTS AND SCHOLARS IN THESE DISCIPLINES. I BELIEVE THAT, WITH
THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF SPECIALISTS AND SCHOLARS OF THIS AND OTHER
RELATED DISCIPLINES, LIFE SCIENCE CAN ACHIEVE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT
AND GRADUAL PERFECTION.
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