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Monthly Archives: July 2017
演説之趣 – 19
演説之趣 – 19 適逢香港回歸二十年,也曾想寫一些有關的故事,不過總寫不下手,究竟離開了香港有四分一世紀,雖然對香港有情,對香港的認識就隔漠了許多。 孫中山提出「三民主義」,即民族主義,民權主義及民生主義;若論「民族主義」,孫中山是始行者,到中華人民共和國成立而具體完成,若論「民生主義」,鄧小平的改革開放政策是開始,到現在可說是略有成就,再持續發展下去,要達到「小康」並不難,若論「民權主義」,中國還有很多路要走;在中國近代史中,中國人用了一百多年的時間,從外國列強入侵及瓜分,轉化到今天成為全球最大的獨立經濟體,「民族」及「民生」的情況能逹到一定的成就,也不是易事啊! 「民權」一詞,是人民的權利的意思,並不是「國民大會」或「五權分立」那麼簡單,民權包含兩個意義:民主(Democracy)及人權 (human rights),民主者 ruled by the will of the majority,人權者 respect of the dignity of the minority,民主及人權的關係其實是 the polar ends of a continuum,有 trade-off。 西方社會每每自誇自己的民主政體的優越性,先聽聽以下這個有關美國民主的演講。 美國的民主有許多需要改善的地方,而歐洲的民主過程也很崎嶇,聽聽以下這個演講。 至於引入式民主( Introduced democracy),更是前路茫茫,聽聽以下這個演講。 話雖如此,中國人要的是甚麼「民權」?怎樣推展「民權」?也是值得我們深思的問題。
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