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弗雷德里克·巴斯夏:经济诡辩·摘录 15
弗雷德里克·巴斯夏《经济诡辩》· Economic Sophisms · 投资
Are we physicians? We cannot avoid seeing that certain physical ameliorations, improving the sanitary state of the country, the development of certain moral virtues, such as moderation and temperance, the progress of knowledge tending to enable each man to take better care of his own health, the discovery of certain simple remedies of easy application, would be so many blows to our professional success. In as far as we are physicians, then, our secret wishes would be anti-social. I do not say that physicians form these secret wishes. On the contrary, I believe they would hail with joy the discovery of a universal panacea; but they would not do this as physicians, but as men, and as Christians. By a noble abnegation of self', the physician places himself in the consumer's point of view. But as exercising a profession, from which he derives his own and his family's subsistence, his desires, or, if you will, his interests, are anti-social.
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定位:Excerpt 15 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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医生也逃不开这个逻辑:卫生条件改善、节制饮酒、健康知识普及、便宜好用的药被发现,都会减少病人,也就打击医生的生意。所以单从职业利益看,医生的隐秘愿望是反社会的。但巴斯夏赶紧补充:他并不说医生真会这么想;相反,医生作为人、作为基督徒,会为万能药的出现而欢呼。只是作为靠行医养家的人,他的职业利益确实与公众健康相悖。这提醒我们:不要因为一个群体“利益上希望某事”,就断定他们“心里真这么想”;但制度设计要防的,正是利益位置带来的偏向。
上下文
巴斯夏以医生为例,说明职业利益与公共福利可能冲突,但个人道德可以超越利益。
今日一问
你所在职业的利益,是否可能与服务对象的福祉相冲突?如何用制度来平衡?
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