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• 对古希腊罗马人而言，关键性的区分不在于公私领域，而是在于公共领域和家庭领域。而且，他们认为家庭领域只属于家，而不是属于一群被赋予了权利的个体。家庭领域是一个不平等的领域，角色的不平等对古代家庭的敬拜而言，是最根本的。因此，难怪当古代城邦被创造出来的时候，公民身份只属于家父长和他的儿子。女人、奴隶和国外出生的人既没有自己的家火和敬拜，也没有公认的祖宗一他们被直截了当地排除在公民身份之外。家的虔敬排除了他们，虔敬竖起了一道不可拆除的藩篱。 在古代家庭里存在着一种强烈的感情，我们对此是未知的。但是，这种强烈感情的代价就是牺牲了道德的透明性，牺牲了我们所谓的人道的诉求。 (查看原文)

  Nemobinich 2赞 2021-11-17 16:02:19

• The development of Islamic fundamentalism – and the terrorist movements it sometimes inspires– is the most obvious example. A view of the world in which religious law excludes a secular sphere and in which the subordination of women compromises belief in human equality is incompatible with moral intuitions widespread in the West. And that is only one example. The transmuting of Marxist socialism into quasi-capitalism in the world’s largest country, China, provides another. In China the governing ideology has become a crass form of utilitarianism, enshrining majority interests even at the expense of justice or human liberty. That, too, offends some of our deepest intuitions. (查看原文)

  紫川 1赞 2015-02-06 16:21:36

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