Hearts of gold 人性本善Are humans essentially good? Rutger Bregman thinks so人性本善吗?罗格尔·布雷格曼是这么认为的In “Humankind” he tries to refute the idea that people are innately prone to wickedness在《人类》一书中,他试图反驳人性本恶的观点Jun 6th 2020 |AS THE SON of a Dutch Protestant cleric, Rutger Bregman was brought up in a religious tradition that regards mankind as incorrigibly prone to wickedness, yet called by the Creator to veer towards goodness, a transformation that the faith promises to abet. As a young, bestselling proponent of catchy ideas about history and economics, he has rejected parts of that outlook while retaining others.
incorrigibly: 根深蒂固的
abet: 唆使、促成
catchy: 吸引人的、引人注目的
鲁特格·布雷格曼是一位荷兰新教牧师的儿子,他在认为人类天生向恶,却被造物主召唤向善(信仰可促使这种转变)的宗教传统中长大。作为一个年轻的畅销书拥护者,书中有一些关于历史和经济的让人耳目一新的观点,他拒绝了(上述宗教的)部分观点,但保留了其他观点。Mr Bregman does not believe wickedness is innate, but, on the contrary, that people are naturally inclined to good and helpful behaviour. In the original Dutch version of his new book, its title means something like “most people fit”; he uses a verb, deugen, that conveys not self-sacrificial courage but having a decent, sensible attitude that meets the needs of society. To support his thesis, he tries energetically to discredit pieces of evidence cited by others to demonstrate humanity’s badness, which range from dodgy psychological research to supposedly egregious real-life events and dark interpretations of history.