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真相凶猛
北野武最新散文随笔集。深挖现代社会核心，为我们呈现一种前所未有的道德论！重新定义我们的生存法则！干掉陈腐、无用、伪善的标准！假使道德选择具有法律和理性原由，我们当然应该选择做正确的事，而不是只听从直觉。假使道德选择缺乏理性，就不应该继续维系道德。《真相凶猛》承袭北野武一贯地毒舌、幽默的语言风格，对各种伪鸡汤、伪鸡血进行嘲讽和揭穿，提供一套正向价值观。
211 pages, Paperback
Published November 1, 2016
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Takeshi Kitano
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Native name for Takeshi Bīto
Native name for Takeshi Bīto
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June 28, 2017
Before starting this review, I should say that this book took an extraordinary amount of time to finish. Not because of the content, which is amazing, but because well....Japanese isn't my first language and my small brain gets fatigued reading it for more than 15-20 minutes at a time. That being said, this is a fantastic book.
Recently, Japan has started implementing in elementary and junior high schools(perhaps senior high school as well?) something called "moral education". In truth, it's not a particularly new idea as the Meiji government back in the mid 19th century first implemented it and was taught right up until the end of WW2 when the Allies saw it as a vehicle of the state to teach nationalism. That it is being taught again is a controversial issue among both the public and teachers (as of next year it will become an official graded subject as well).
Kitano's book asks whether this is a positive thing. By using multiple examples in trying to define "morality", he makes a strong argument that rather than have the state present a monolithic idea of it, we should instead take into account that human beings and their values vary wildly. What may be "moral" for you may not be for me. By way of example he cites the practice of samurai who used to decapitate their defeated enemies. At the time, nobody questioned this practiced and was generally seen as being the honourable thing to do. Yet thankfully, nobody today sees this practice the same way.
Furthermore, he makes an important distinction between morality and manners. Moral Education textbooks often teach the example of giving up your seat on the train to an older person because when you do good things everyone feels good.
Is this a moral act? Or is it simply good manners? Does this even need to be taught?
In addition, if we give up our seat to an elderly person in order to "feel good", is this moral or is it selfish? Is it moral to do good things for selfish reasons?
These are the questions this book asks and as he says at the end, it's up to all of us to think about them for ourselves. 『それがいたくて、この本を書いた。あとは自分で考えてほしい』。
Recently, Japan has started implementing in elementary and junior high schools(perhaps senior high school as well?) something called "moral education". In truth, it's not a particularly new idea as the Meiji government back in the mid 19th century first implemented it and was taught right up until the end of WW2 when the Allies saw it as a vehicle of the state to teach nationalism. That it is being taught again is a controversial issue among both the public and teachers (as of next year it will become an official graded subject as well).
Kitano's book asks whether this is a positive thing. By using multiple examples in trying to define "morality", he makes a strong argument that rather than have the state present a monolithic idea of it, we should instead take into account that human beings and their values vary wildly. What may be "moral" for you may not be for me. By way of example he cites the practice of samurai who used to decapitate their defeated enemies. At the time, nobody questioned this practiced and was generally seen as being the honourable thing to do. Yet thankfully, nobody today sees this practice the same way.
Furthermore, he makes an important distinction between morality and manners. Moral Education textbooks often teach the example of giving up your seat on the train to an older person because when you do good things everyone feels good.
Is this a moral act? Or is it simply good manners? Does this even need to be taught?
In addition, if we give up our seat to an elderly person in order to "feel good", is this moral or is it selfish? Is it moral to do good things for selfish reasons?
These are the questions this book asks and as he says at the end, it's up to all of us to think about them for ourselves. 『それがいたくて、この本を書いた。あとは自分で考えてほしい』。
February 22, 2023
北野武的新道德，簡單說呢，就是莊子的「聖人不死，大盜不止」。
December 23, 2021
论辛辣点评针砭时弊还得看北野武老爷子
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