A Guide to Basic Differences between Left & Right |
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Source of Human Rights |
人权的来源 |
Left:government |
左派:人权来自于政府 |
Right:the Creator |
右派:人权来自于造物主 |
Human Nature |
人性 |
Left:basically good(Therefore, society is primarily responsible for evil.) |
左派:人性大体上是善良的(因此,主要应该由社会对邪恶负责) |
Right:not basically good(Therefore, the individual is primarily responsible for evil.) |
右派:人性大体上是坏的(因此,主要应该由个人对邪恶负责) |
Economic Goal |
经济目标 |
Left:equality |
左派:平等 |
Right:prosperity |
右派:繁荣 |
Primary Role of the State |
国家的主要角色 |
Left:increase and protect equality |
左派:增进和保护平等 |
Right:increase and protect liberty |
右派:增进和保护自由 |
Government |
政府 |
Left:as large as possible |
左派:尽可能大 |
Right:as small as possible |
右派:尽可能小 |
Family Ideal |
理想的家庭 |
Left:any loving unit of people |
左派:任何相爱的人组成的单位 |
Right:a married father and mother, and children |
右派:已婚的父亲、母亲及其孩子组成的单位 |
Guiding Trinity |
三位一体的指导原则(Guiding Trinity) |
Left:race, gender and class |
左派:种族、性别、阶级 |
Right:liberty, In God We Trust and e pluribus unum |
右派:自由、我们信仰上帝、合众为一(E Pluribus Unum) |
Good and Evil |
善与恶 |
Left:relative to individual and/or society |
左派:对个人或社会而言,善恶是相对的 |
Right:based on universal absolutes |
右派:善与恶基于普遍的绝对真理 |
Humanity’s Primary Division(s) |
人类的主要分类(Primary Division) |
Left:rich and poor; strong and weak |
左派:富人与穷人;强者与弱者; |
Right:good and evil |
右派:好人和坏人 |
Ideal Primary Identity of an American |
一个美国人理想的身份 |
Left:world citizen |
左派:世界公民 |
Right:American citizen |
右派:美国公民 |
How to Make a Good Society |
如何创造一个美好的社会 |
Left:abolish inequality |
左派:废除不平等 |
Right:develop each citizen’s moral character |
右派:增强每个人的道德品质 |
View of America |
如何评价美国 |
Left:profoundly morally flawed; inferior to any number of European countries |
左派:美国在道德上显然有瑕疵,比任何一个欧洲国家都逊色 |
Right:greatest force for good among nations in world history |
右派:美国是世界史上最强大的、为善的力量 |
Gender |
性别 |
Left:a social construct |
左派:性别是由社会建构的 |
Right:male and female |
右派:男人和女人 |
Most Important Trait to Cultivate in a Child |
在培养孩子时,最重要的品质 |
Left:self-esteem |
左派:自尊心 |
Right:self-control |
右派:自控力 |
Worth of the Human Fetus |
人类胎儿的价值 |
Left:determined by the mother |
左派:由母亲决定 |
Right:determined by society rooted in Judeo-Christian values |
右派:由植根于犹太—基督教价值观的社会决定 |
Primary Source of Crime |
犯罪的主要原因 |
Left:poverty, racism and other societal flaws |
左派:贫穷、种族主义以及其他社会缺陷 |
Right:the criminal’s malfunctioning conscience |
右派:犯罪分子不辨是非(malfunctioning conscience) |
Place of God and Religion in America |
上帝和宗教在美国的地位 |
Left:secular government and secular society |
左派:世俗政府和世俗社会 |
Right:secular government and religious society |
右派:世俗政府和宗教社会 |
American Exceptionalism |
如何看待美国例外论 |
Left:chauvinistic doctrine |
左派:一种沙文主义学说 |
Right:historical reality |
右派:历史事实 |
Greatest Threat to the World |
对世界的最大威胁 |
Left:environmental catastrophe(currently global warming) |
左派:环境灾难;目前是全球气候变暖 |
Right:evil(currently radical Islamist violence) |
右派:邪恶;目前来自伊斯兰教主义者的暴力 |
International Ideal |
理想的国际社会 |
Left:world governed by the United Nations, and no single country is dominant |
左派:由联合国统治的世界,任何一个国家都不占主导地位 |
Right:world in which America is the single strongest entity |
右派:美国占主导地位的世界 |
Primary Reason for Lack of Peace in Middle East |
中东缺少和平的主要原因 |
Left:Israeli settlements in the West Bank |
左派:以色列在约旦河西岸的定居点 |
Right:Palestinian, Arab and Muslim denial of Jewish state’s right to exist |
右派:巴勒斯坦人、阿拉伯,穆斯林不承认以色列国的生存权 |
Purpose of Art |
艺术的目的 |
Left:challenge status quo and bourgeois sensibilities |
左派:挑战现状、挑战资产阶级的情感 |
Right:produce works of beauty and profundity to elevate the individual and society |
右派:创造富有美感和内涵深刻的作品,提升个人和社会 |
Guns |
枪支 |
Left:ideally universally abolished, except for use by police, the armed forces and registered sportsmen |
左派:理想状况是,除警察、军队以及登记在册的运动员外,应全面禁枪 |
Right:ideally widely owned by responsible individuals for self-protection and the protection of others |
右派:理想状况是,负责任的个人广泛地持有枪支,用于自保以及保护他人 |
Race |
种族 |
Left:intrinsically significant |
左派:本质上讲意义重大 |
Right:intrinsically insignificant |
右派:本质上讲无关紧要 |
Racial, Ethnic and Gender Diversity at Universities |
大学里的种族、民族和性别的多样性 |
Left:most important |
左派:最重要的莫过于此 |
Right:far less important than ideological diversity |
右派:远不如意识形态的多样性重要 |
Black America’s Primary Problem |
美国黑人面临的主要问题 |
Left:racism |
左派:种族歧视 |
Right:lack of fathers |
右派:缺少父亲(即黑人的单亲家庭比例高) |
Greatest Playwright |
最伟大的剧作家 |
Left:entirely subjective; there is no greatest playwright |
左派:完全是主观的。不存在最伟大的剧作家。 |
Right:Shakespeare |
右派:莎士比亚 |
War |
战争 |
Left:not the answer |
左派:“战争不是答案” |
Right:sometimes the only answer |
右派:有时候,面对邪恶,战争是唯一的答案 |
Hate |
仇恨 |
Left:wrong, except when directed at the political |
左派:仇恨是错的,仇恨政治右派除外 |
Right:wrong, except when directed at evil |
右派:仇恨是错的,除了仇恨邪恶 |
Cultures |
不同的文化 |
Left:all equal |
左派:所有的文化都平等 |
Right:some are better than others |
右派:文化有优劣之分 |
America’s Founding Fathers |
美国的国父们 |
Left:rich white male slave owners |
左派:富人、白人、男性奴隶主 |
Right:great men who founded the greatest society |
右派:一群伟人,他们建立了一个最伟大的社会 |
Purpose of Judges |
法官的目标 |
Left:pursue social justice |
左派:追求社会公正 |
Right:pursue justice |
右派:追求公正 |
National Borders |
国家的边界 |
Left:a relic of the past |
左派:历史的遗迹 |
Right:indispensable for national survival |
右派:对国家的生存不可或缺 |
View of Illegal Immigrants |
如何看待非法移民 |
Left:welcomed guests |
左派:受欢迎的客人 |
Right:illegal immigrants |
右派:非法移民 |
Nature |
大自然 |
Left:intrinsically valuable |
左派:自然本质上有其价值 |
Right:made for man |
右派:自然是为人服务的 |