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弗雷德里克·巴斯夏:经济诡辩·摘录 357

弗雷德里克·巴斯夏《经济诡辩》· Economic Sophisms · 投资

After all, can the kind of morality we are advocating of itself enable us to realize all that social perfection which the sympathetic nature of the soul of man and its noble faculties authorize us to look forward to and hope for? I am far from saying so. Assume the complete diffusion of defensive morality, it resolves itself simply into the conviction that men's interests, rightly understood, are always in accord with justice and general utility. Such a society, although certainly well ordered, would not be very attractive. There would be fewer cheats simply because there would be fewer dupes. Vice always lurking in the background, and starved, so to speak, for want of support, would revive the moment that support was restored to it.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44145
定位:Excerpt 357 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴斯夏承认,他所倡导的防御性道德(即尊重他人权利、不侵犯)只能让社会秩序良好,却不足以实现社会完美。因为这种道德只要求人不伤害他人,靠的是利益与正义一致,结果只是减少欺骗和受骗,恶习仍潜伏,一旦有支持就会复活。可操作的做法是:在遵守底线道德之外,主动培养同情、慷慨和公民精神,参与互助和公共事务,而不满足于“不害人”。

上下文

巴斯夏在《经济诡辩》中讨论道德与社会秩序,区分防御性道德与积极道德。

今日一问

你是否满足于“不伤害他人”,而忽略了更积极的道德追求?

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