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弗雷德里克·巴斯夏:经济诡辩·摘录 306
弗雷德里克·巴斯夏《经济诡辩》· Economic Sophisms · 投资
It would not be amiss that I should at the same time satisfy some of the real wants of my people, especially if, in doing so, I could increase my influence and authority. Thus, as men have great need of instruction, and of being taught morals, I should constitute myself the dispenser of these. By this means I should direct as I saw best the minds and hearts of my people. I should establish an indissoluble connexion between morals and my authority. I should represent them as incapable of existing, except in this state of union; so that, if some bold man were to attempt to stir a tabooed question, society at large, which could not dispense with moral teaching, would feel the earth tremble under its feet, and would turn with rage against this frantic innovator.
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定位:Excerpt 306 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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专制者还会顺手满足民众一些真实需要,比如教育和道德教化,但目的是借此扩大自己的影响和权威。他把自己打扮成道德与知识的唯一发放者,让民众的心智和情感都听凭他引导。更关键的是,他把道德和自己的权力绑成一体,宣称离开这种结合道德就无法存在。这样,谁要敢碰禁忌话题,整个社会就会觉得根基动摇,群起而攻之。巴斯夏揭示的是一种统治术:把公共善(教育、道德)垄断为私器,再用恐惧绑架舆论。今天要警惕的是,当某种道德话语被说成只能依附于特定权力,批评就被污名化。可做的:区分真正的道德教育与借道德之名维护权威。
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同上,巴斯夏继续以反讽笔法让专制者自述如何用道德教化巩固权力,批判当时法国教育与教会、政权的勾连。
今日一问
你接受的道德教育里,有多少是在教你独立思考,有多少是在教你服从?
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