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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 132
托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资
It is, of course, equally legitimate to consider these phenomena from a different point of view. They may be appreciated for a different purpose, and the characterization here offered may be turned about. In speaking from the point of view of the devotional interest, or the interest of devout taste, it may, with equal cogency, be said that the spiritual attitude bred in men by the modern industrial life is unfavorable to a free development of the life of faith. It might fairly be objected to the later development of the industrial process that its discipline tends to "materialism," to the elimination of filial piety. From the aesthetic point of view, again, something to a similar purport might be said. But, however legitimate and valuable these and the like reflections may be for their purpose, they would not be in place in the present inquiry, which is exclusively concerned with the valuation of these phenomena from the economic point of view.
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定位:Excerpt 132 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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凡勃伦承认,从宗教或审美角度看,现代工业生活确实不利于信仰和孝道,可能被批评为“物质主义”。但他强调,这些视角虽然合理,却不是他这本书的任务;他只从经济角度评价这些现象。换句话说,他并非断言宗教无价值,而是限定自己的分析范围。今天我们可以学到:评价一件事要先明确标准,别把不同角度的结论混为一谈;讨论问题前先问“我们在用什么标准衡量”。
上下文
凡勃伦在《有闲阶级论》中限定自己的经济分析视角,回应可能的批评。
今日一问
你最近的一次争论,是不是因为双方用了不同的评价标准?
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