Hypocrisy as Described in the Analects and the Mengzi

Li, P. (2024). Hypocrisy as Described in the Analects and the Mengzi. Dao, 1-19.


1 导言

本文主要讨论hypocrisy的三种形式:

(1) speech-action mismatch

(2) inner-outer mismatch

(3) the village pleasers 乡愿


2 讨论(1)(2)两种虚伪,它们是the mask image of hypocrisy


3 讨论(3),它是the chameleon image of hypocrisy

为什么乡愿很难对付?

(a) 乡愿混世 village pleasers conform to prevailing customs and harmonize with an impure age.

(b) 在公共服务上看似忠厚

(c) 讨人喜欢,并因此自以为是


4 比较阿伦特的平庸之恶

Eichmann放弃和掩盖了他的自由选择(道德原则or暴行),从而逃避其责任。

Eichmann和乡愿在作恶(以及允许恶发生)上并不平庸。


5 结论