浅析自由与平等的“双胞胎原理”

Twins-principle of Liberty and Equality

在人类的政治追求中 ,自由与平等是两个基本的价值目标。这两者相互区别 ,自由必然地反对政府强制 ,而平等则不可避免地走向平均主义。但两者又相互联系 ,追求自由可能会引发结果的不平等 ,而追求结果平等则不可避免地损害个人自由。自由与平等 ,正像一母所生的两胎儿 ,相互矛盾 ,又相互牵制 ,对两者的不同偏好和取舍 ,形成了不同的政治思想流派和政治权力运行方式 。

Liberty and equality are two basic values of man's political pursue, which are either connected or distinct. Liberty opposes government's force, while equality may inevitably go to equalitarianism. However, pursuing liberty may bring about inequality, while pursuing equality may result in harmness of individual rights. Liberty and equality are just two twins of one mother, contradictory and checked. People's preferring to either side leads to different schools of political thoughts and different running methods on power. Many significant issuses in political life can be explained by the Twins principle.