剛發現方偉時間的一個係列,應該是很不錯的。
介紹的是這本書:《The Five Thousand Year Leap: Twenty-Eight Great Ideas That Are Changing the World - by W. Cleon Skousen》
說一下我的感想。對第一條原則就非常有感觸,就是說:在落後國家,可能人們沒有區分法律 Law 到底"是任意製定的?","還是人發現的?"
如果是任意製定的,人就不知道為什麽法律必須得到遵守。就像如果人們不懂得F=MA不是牛頓製定的,而是他發現的。人就不知道要遵守這個定律(也是LAW),以為這是英國人搞的東西,我們中國人就偏不聽那一套(以前真的有批相對論的)。雖然意識層麵不說給它加個中國係數,但潛意識層麵總覺得或許我可以突破其限製。搞個多快好省。同樣的力氣,多推點東西,M大一點;或者同樣的力氣同樣的物件我推得更快,A值比別人高;或者同樣的物件M和同樣的加速度,我能省點力,F小一點。這其實都是潛意識裏要修改自然法,要給公式加一個毛係數,或者球係數。F=mMA. m <1, 就多快好省了。如果Law都能被我們改了,那不但彎道能超車,直道也可以超車了。
腐敗、落後、愚昧國家,估計也不懂得法律的自然法的含義。以為它們是任意製定的,是當官的、富人為了統治,為了欺壓老百姓,沒有絕對的公平,等等言論甚囂塵上。認為自己想改,就可以改;想廢,就可以廢。
甚至出現“不要以為法律為借口,不要拿法律做擋箭牌”的奇談怪論。就類似58年大躍進,如果有人說F=MA,有人說,不要拿牛頓做擋箭牌一樣,不要拿科學來壓人。
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第一原則:健全的政府和公正的人際關係唯一可靠的基礎是自然法。
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我從該書的目錄裏,用穀歌翻譯了28個原則的列表。
第一原則:健全的政府和公正的人際關係唯一可靠的基礎是自然法。
第二條原則:一個自由的人民不能在共和憲法下生存,除非他們保持美德和道德堅強。
第三條原則:確保一個有德行和道德穩定的人的最有希望的方法是選舉有德行的領導人。
第四條原則:沒有宗教,自由人民的政府就無法維持。
第五條原則:萬物都是上帝創造的,因此全人類對他同等依賴,對他負有同等責任。
第六條原則:人人生而平等。
第七條原則:政府的應有作用是保護平等權利,而不是提供平等的東西。
第八條原則:造物主賦予人某些不可剝奪的權利。
第九條原則:為了保護人的權利,上帝揭示了一些神聖律法的原則。
第十項原則:上帝賦予的統治權屬於全民主權。
第十一條原則:大多數人可以改變或廢除一個已經變得專製的政府。
第十二條原則:美利堅合眾國應是共和國。
第十三條原則:憲法的結構應永久保護人民免受其統治者的人性弱點。
第十四條原則:隻有在財產權安全的情況下,生命和自由才是安全的。
第十五條原則:當有自由市場經濟和最低限度的政府監管時,就會出現最高水平的繁榮。
第十六條原則:政府應分為立法、行政和司法三權分立。
第十七條原則:實行製衡製度,防止權力濫用。
第十八條原則:如果政府的原則在成文憲法中規定,人民不可剝奪的權利最有可能得到維護。
第十九條原則:隻有有限的和經過仔細界定的權力才應該下放給政府,其他的都保留在人民手中。
第二十條原則:效率和調度要求政府按照多數人的意願運作,但必須製定憲法規定保護少數人的權利。
第二十一條原則:強有力的地方自治是維護人類自由的基石。
第二十二條原則:一個自由的人應該受法律管轄,而不是受製於人的一時興起。
第二十三條原則:如果沒有廣泛的通識教育計劃,自由社會就無法作為共和國生存。
第二十四條原則:一個自由的人,除非他們保持堅強,否則他們將無法生存。
第二十五條原則:“與所有國家的和平、商業和誠實的友誼——與任何國家不結盟。”
第二十六條原則:決定任何社會強弱的核心單位是家庭;因此,政府應促進和保護其完整性。
第二十七條原則:債務負擔對自由的破壞與征服征服一樣。
第二十八條原則:美國注定要成為全人類的榜樣和福祉。
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First Principle: The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law.
Second Principle: A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong.
Third Principle: The most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally stable people is to elect virtuous leaders.
Fourth Principle: Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained.
Fifth Principle: All things were created by God, therefore upon Him all mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible.
Sixth Principle: All men are created equal.
Seventh Principle: The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things.
Eighth Principle: Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
Ninth Principle: To protect man's rights, God has revealed certain principles of divine law.
Tenth Principle: The God-given right to govern is vested in the sovereign authority of the whole people.
Eleventh Principle: The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government which has become tyrannical.
Twelfth Principle: The United States of America shall be a republic.
Thirteenth Principle: A constitution should be structured to permanently protect the people from the human frailties of their rulers.
Fourteenth Principle: Life and liberty are secure only so long as the right to property is secure.
Fifteenth Principle: The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a free-market economy and a minimum of government regulations.
Sixteenth Principle: The government should be separated into three branches -- legislative, executive, and judicial.
Seventeenth Principle: A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent the abuse of power.
Eighteenth Principle: The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written constitution.
Nineteenth Principle: Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to government, all others being retained in the people.
Twentieth Principle: Efficiency and dispatch require government to operate according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions must be made to protect the rights of the minority.
Twenty-First Principle: Strong local self-government is the keystone to preserving human freedom.
Twenty-Second Principle: A free people should be governed by law and not by the whims of men.
Twenty-Third Principle: A free society cannot survive as a republic without a broad program of general education.
Twenty-Fourth Principle: A free people will not survive unless they stay strong.
Twenty-Fifth Principle: "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations -- entangling alliances with none."
Twenty-Sixth Principle: The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family; therefore, the government should foster and protect its integrity.
Twenty-Seventh Principle: The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest.
Twenty-Eighth Principle: The United States has a manifest destiny to be an example and a blessing to the entire human race.
思韻兄總是挑出那個好點,甚慰也。