「普世價值」必須建基於文化、傳統同國族之上

馬特 Maadak
Nov 8 · 2 min read

(寫於2018年12月13日,略有修改)

如果純粹出於「普世價值」同「人權」而追求「民主、自由、法治」,咁只係講緊,「因為人人都有呢啲嘢所以我都要有」。先唔講呢啲嘢係咪真係人人都有,咁樣係好弱嘅講法,既解釋唔到點解呢啲嘢咁重要,實際上亦推動唔到一般人去爭取或者守護呢啲嘢。唔係個個可以好似Hayek咁從哲學 / 知識論上論證「民主、自由、法治」有幾咁重要;但佢最重要嘅觀點之一,就正正係指出:呢三樣嘢之所以喺西方屢經挑戰仍然屹立不倒,靠嘅其實係一般大眾偏執、唔理性同教條式嘅信念 — — 我哋宜家稱之為「文化、傳統」同「國族主義」嘅嘢。正正因為呢啲嘢非常直觀,深度影響每個人嘅行為,而且由幾百甚至幾千年嚟世世代代嘅經驗累積而成,基於呢啲嘢而發展出嚟嘅集體行為,往往產生廣泛而深遠嘅影響。反之,無論你嘅理論幾完美、論證幾完整、邏輯幾完美無瑕都好,只要同呢啲嘢有衝突,根本好難改變一個族群嘅集體行為。

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馬特 Maadak

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哲學及歷史愛好者,為香港而寫,為自由而寫。不惜一切代價,務必捍衛自由。Philosophy and history lover. Write for Hong Kong, write for liberty. Liberty at all costs, by all means necessary.

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