JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE 正義已伸張

“Justice has been done,” the quote from US President Barack Obama, brings a lot of thoughts to me recently. What is justice? Who define it? And more importantly, who has the power to regulate a ‘just’ world? Michael J. Sandel, an American political philosopher and a professor at Harvard University, recently published a book called “Justice: What's the right thing to do?”, which perfectly echoes with my confusion. He points out three keys to achieve a just world: practicing utilitarianism, respecting free market mechanism, and nurturing public virtue. After reading the book, you might be able to recognise whether the world nowadays is just, and my answer is... I will keep it secret.

美國總統奧巴馬就擊斃拉登後發表的言論—「正義已伸張」，最近為我帶來很多反思的空間。究竟甚麼是公義？誰能定義公義？更重要的是，誰掌握維護公義世界的權力？美國政治哲學家兼哈佛大學教授Michael J. Sandel的新書《Justice: What's the right thing to do?》正好理順我的混亂思緒。他在書中提出三大實踐公義的途徑—實行功利主義、尊重自由市場機制、培養美德與共善。閱畢此書，你或許就能夠理解，公義是否真的存在於我們現在身處的世界之中。我的答案是……不便透露。