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发表于 2010-2-11 21:00:51
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"The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people."
I fundamentally agree with the author that it is the numbers’ well-beings rather than the achievement of the arts and scientists reflects the greatness of the society. In my opinion, the final criterion to assess a society is the level of its all number’s well-beings. No matter young or old, no matter he is living in Mc mansion or shelter. This final destination was realized by every member’ contribution, especially the science and arts achievements. The social frame is the foundation of the society, and the arts or science could satisfy the numbers’ desire and demand, but that is just a mirror, far from the yardstick of a great nation.
The function of a nation gives an answer about why the achievements of artist, scientist, and rulers are not eligible to assess the greatness of a nation, but only a mirror to reflect its merits. I strongly believe that, the function of a society is to meet citizens’ demanding and desire. Admittedly, usually high level of science and arts sign the greatness of a society. But what we should aware is that, it is the prosperous scientific and arts, satisfy some demands of the citizens, through which the universal welfare is realized. Firstly, it is obvious that, advanced technology ensure the high quality of life. Imagine the subway make the commute easier, the genetic treatment makes the conquest of Alzheimer’s visible. Secondly, after the need of life safety and quality was met, people ask for beauty. The esthetic demands ask the society to afford arts, entertainments, literature, and so forth . Imagine the sculptures standing in the city, the prosperous arts market, the town planning and more. They all contribute to satisfy people’s desire for a quality life too. The rulers, otherwise, is the society’s rugulater and the social frame’s constructer account for the nation’s safety, domestic policy or the international relations, which have influence on many respects of the citizen’s lives, and meet the citizen’s requires bout self-esteem, . In short, it is the achievement of the rulers, the scientist, and artist produce the material to meet the citizen’s various requirements.
However, to realize the abundant material achievement is not the nation’s function relies on. To assess a nation, the stick yard is how the nation satisfied the citizen’s requirement, and the main body of the nation is the citizen, not only the one lives in the McMasion, but also the one lives in the shelter. The author focus on the achievements of scientists, arts or rulers, but overlook the equality and justice, which is more important in some extent. A nation full of studious prejudice, segregation, and significant difference in income is sure not a great one, or even evil, even it show great advantage in the field of arts and science. The equality and justice ensure the welfares of all people in the society, that is, the fruit of the society could be shared by all the members but not limited to an exclusive group or class. Firstly, it is unfair to overlook the ordinary people’s contribution to the society. The pyramid, for example, is not built by the pharaoh, but millions of labors. Secondly, the congenital, blood, racial different is illegitimate reasons to treat differently. Individuals are different, but the same in essence. Thirdly, the equality and justice is the intrinsic power within the society. If such demanding can not meet, the upheaval and riot ferments. The Civil War is a potent example. Furthermore, the universal welfare is a symbol of the advance of a nation; it reflects the social value system, then mirror the greatness in a higher level view. For instance, society paying more mercy to the venerable group is the feature of greatness. Because not only the society should have those achievement, but also it have the strong sense of equality and justice.
In sum, the all people’s welfares indicate more than the achievements of science or arts. All people’s well beings reflects but not limited to the prosperous of science and arts, and it also demand for the equality and justice in the society, which ensure the welfares of all the members, is more important in some extent. |
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