The gazing of life

1. The gazing of life ——To discuss, construct and form life ethic consensus via image BIN WANG The middle School attached to Beijing Normal University,China

2. It’s well known that the “golden rule” of ethic is “offer what you yourself want to others but never give what you yourself don’t want to others”(“己所欲，施于人”或“己所不欲，勿施于人”——Confucius). Individuals have certain understanding and agreements towards it, based on which the common ethic comes to being.

3. The only way to realize the significance of life is to experience it. The significance of “significance of life” is that it’s a kind of knowledge which you have to put cognition subject into consideration and that it requires a devotion of emotion. It is a feeling from the bottom of your heart, such as deep love (or hatred)and happiness(or a sense of duty). When we are considering the significance of life, we are thinking with our heart instead of our mind. Therefore, any kind of thinking involves understanding of life, based on which arises the depth of thinking.

4. Every particular individual can only experience very limited things in the term of his life. Because of the limitation of the experience, one’s knowledge also tends to be limited. Naturally, the limited knowledge provides a limited understanding towards the whole world. Various subject community can be formed in the image world. Community means conjunctive existence, mutual attachment and sharing significance.

5. As a matter of fact, on account of the overlapping of the world we live in, the viewpoint held by any two persons to one event may gradually expand to the comprehending between subjects and then form consensus .The open comprehending can not spontaneously come into being through the video technology and linguistics character, because the open comprehending is not the description of the understanding power of any person, it is realized in the process of communication in the society.

6. It is always faced with new experiences and criticism of the participators who are seeking knowledge. The opening of understanding is maintained by criticism of participators. The open understanding demands that people give ear to every voice ,whether strong or feeble.

7. The basic condition to form consensus lies in the basic ethic consciousness shared by subjects.(life respect and basic freedom ,and so on). On this basis ,rationality, justice and freedom and other concepts like these can be defined explicitly in the substantial society circumstance through dialogue , that is , to realize freedom of heart via further communication of society.

8. This curriculum will render students understand the experiences and cognitions from human beings and understand how the world is observed , perceived and apprehended via lens by virtue of the open image created by film master with specific concept. We must let them know that the political change is not capable of eliminating the moral perplexity, settling deep-rooted problems, and thus they can learn a kind of cognition as well as method and attitude of representing politics ,history and humanity theme. This curriculum will discuss the situation of human moral placed in the midst of society system, individual freedom , fate and nature, and thus construct and form life ethic consensus to scan situation to seek soul and practice.

9. Form ethic consensus theme in classroom ： • 1.Harmony and conflict between Human being and Nature:：a forever ethical topic

10. ——《Ballad of Narayama》Shohei Imamura（Japan） Is there morality in the Nature? The movie points out that Nature has no morality but emotion.

11. In a remote and lean village, the old villagers are abandoned on the hills to starve to death. At the cost of their own lives, they hope to reduce the burden of the village and enable other villagers to exist. Laozi once said coldly, “Nature has no morality and all the creatures are humble.”(“天地不仁，以万物为刍狗 ”——老子).however, nature emotional. The director outlines the naturalist value of the local Japanese traditional villagers: It respects the vain value of naturalism, but at the same time emphasizes the importance of emotion. There is no hypocrisy and affectation in Nature but all the creatures in it are emotional.

12. 2.Conflict between history and reality：the darkness and waking upof human beings

13. ——《Blind shaft》 Liyang(China) Where is the significance of life(evil and virtue) ? It depicts the darkness at the bottom of human beings and also reflects the waking up of one’s morality at a certain time.

14. The movie based on criticism, reflects the real condition of coal excavating in the contemporary China from the point view of humanism. Under a system in which money goes first, the private mine owners make the miners work in the mines where they are in danger all the time. They have lost all their morality and human nature. Out of their own benefits, some fellows deceive the farmers who are eager to seek jobs into the private mines and murder them in order to get money from mine owners . The movie is about naturalism. It depicts the darkness at the bottom of human beings and also reflects the waking up of one’s morality at a certain time. The director consider the theme of the life , the significance of life(evil and virtue) and final destination of taking and giving as a philosopher.

15. 3.The conflict between will and system：the pursuit to life and freedom

16. ——《Dead poets society》Peter Weir(America) How to choose our own lifestyle ? Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not yield.

17. The movie is mainly about how a group of students, with the help of Professor John Keating, learn to choose their own lifestyle and struggle against the education system which binds up and oppresses them . The movie ends up with the suicide of a student and dismissal of Professor Keating. “Make good use of your time and make your life different from others.”professor Keating says to his students and ,later in daily study and life, tries to lead them to the truth of life, using the ideals of poems.

18. Actually, in the real teaching process there are many uncertain factors. It’s very difficult to draw meaningful conclusion from pure theoretic research. Accordingly, only through detailed ethical practice and specific ethical conflict can one reach and grasp the key questions: What kind person shall I be? What kind of morality shall I have and how can I make all the moral decision? Where are my responsibilities and duties when my behaviors are likely to affect others’ health and situation? What should I do for the benefits of the society?

19. In most cases, conclusions are experimental, temporary and not necessarily correct. We are not allowed to adopt compulsory means, which doesn't belong to ethics. Moreover, in a society which is moving towards democracy, it is necessary to make all its members believe that the better solution of ethical problems is to reach agreements through discussion and dialogue.

20. Thanks for your attention!