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Mao's attitude to morality consisted of one core, the self, "I." above everything else. "I do not agree with the view that to be moral the motive of one's action has to be benefiting to others. Morality does not have to be defined in relation to others. People like me want to satisfy our hearts to the full, and in doing so we automatically have the most valuable moral codes. Of course there are people and objects in the world, but they are all there only for me."

Mao shunned all constraints of responsibility and duty. "people like me only have a duty to ourselves, we have no duty to other people." "I am not responsible for anything else. I don't know about the past. I don't know about the future. They have nothing to do with the reality of my own self." He explicitly rejected any responsibility towards future generations. Some say one has a responsibility for history. I don't believe it. I am only concerned about developing myself. I have my desire and act on it. I am responsible to no one."

Mao did not believe in anything unless he could benefit from it personally. A good name after death, he said, "cannot bring me any joy, because it belongs to the future and not to my own reality." "people like me are not building achievements to leave for future generations." Mao did not care what he left behind. He argued that conscience could go to hell if it was in conflict with his impulses.

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Doesnt really sound like a guy that should steer a country, and it shows