July 26th
WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING
“Often injustice lies in what you aren’t doing, not only in what you are doing.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.5
History abounds with evidence that humanity is capable of doing evil, not only actively but passively. In some of our most shameful moments—from slavery to the Holocaust to segregation to the murder of Kitty Genovese—guilt wasn’t limited to perpetrators but extended to ordinary citizens who, for a multitude of reasons, declined to get involved. It’s that old line: all evil needs to prevail is for good men to do nothing.
It’s not enough to just not do evil. You must also be a force for good in the world, as best you can.
7月26日
当好人袖手旁观时
“不正义往往不仅存在于你所做的事情中，也存在于你没有做的事情中。”
——马可·奥勒留，《沉思录》，9.5
历史中充满了这样的证据：人类不仅能够主动行恶，也能够以消极不作为的方式助长邪恶。在人类历史上一些最可耻的时刻——从奴隶制到大屠杀，从种族隔离到凯蒂·吉诺维斯被杀——罪责并不仅仅属于直接作恶的人，也属于那些出于种种原因拒绝介入的普通公民。正如那句老话所说：邪恶要想获胜，只需要好人什么也不做。
仅仅不作恶还不够。你还必须尽己所能，成为这个世界上一股推动善的力量。
读要读顺口，写要写顺手， 擒字如擒虎，解句如解题。 |