バートランド・ラッセル『ヒューマン・ソサエティ-倫理学から政治学へ』- Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954
* 原著:Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954* 邦訳書:バートランド・ラッセル(著),勝部真長・長谷川鑛平(共訳)『ヒューマン・ソサエティ-倫理学から政治学へ』(玉川大学出版部,1981年7月刊。268+x pp.)
『ヒューマン・ソサエティ』第5章:部分的善と一般的善 n.20 |
Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954, chapter 5: Partial and General Goods, n.20 | |||
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The theories that we have been considering are among those that deny, or seem to deny, that right conduct is that most likely to promote the general good. The first, which we called that of enlightened imperialism, does not really make this denial; it says that, when the future is taken into account, there is one group (to which, by good fortune the person proclaiming the doctrine happens to belong) whose desires, when satisfied, will bring more satisfaction to future generations than those of any other group. This doctrine, when it is true in fact, justifies its adherents in considering that in pursuing their own aims they are pursuing the general good. On such grounds one may justify Alexander’s conquest of the East and Caesar’s conquest of Gaul; perhaps also the white man's expulsion of the Indian from most of the territory of the United States. The whole question, in this case, is one of fact, not of theory, and since it is theory that concerns us we need say no more on this subject. |