2081年,终于人人平等了
平等对人类究竟意味着什么?
应该制定政策让大家一样的富裕吗?
应该采用基因技术让大家一样的聪明吗?
2018年11月26日,南方科技大学副教授贺建奎对外宣称,世界首例基因编辑婴儿出生且为双胞胎,名为“露露”和“娜娜”。这一消息瞬间引发了一场全球范围内的大争议。
面对科技篡改人类命运的现实,你是选择欣然接受改变呢?还是对未来怀着深深的忧虑?
半个世纪前,美国作家冯内古特已经在其作品中对未来科技进行了非常深刻的探讨。
迈克尔桑德尔在《公正》一书182页引用了这篇小说,标题叫:
一个平等主义的噩梦。Story Summary
'Harrison Bergeron' is set in America in 2081, during a time when the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments had been added to the Constitution in order to make sure that everyone is equal in every way. This equality is accomplished due to the diligent efforts of Diana Moon Glampers, the United States Handicapper General. As her title suggests, she is the government official who creates handicaps that will bring the stronger or smarter members of society down to the same level as the slower members.
In the opening scene, George and Hazel Bergeron are in their living room, trying to watch ballerinas on television. However, they are both having trouble concentrating. Hazel is so mentally slow that she can't remember anything for more than a few minutes. George is very intelligent, but in order to maintain equal status with the rest of society, he has to wear a little radio that plays sounds in his ear at random intervals. And not just any sounds, but loud, ear-splitting sounds. Imagine trying to concentrate on anything while a 21-gun salute or a siren blares in your ears! The sounds are so debilitating that George is reduced to Hazel's level; he is unable to think of anything for more than a few minutes at a time.
The ballerinas are also wearing government-issued handicaps: sash weights and bags of birdshot that keep them as awkward as other members of society. Their dance is interrupted when Harrison Bergeron, Hazel and George's 14-year-old son, bursts into the studio. Harrison is everything the society is trying to control. He is so strong that the Handicapper General forced him to wear 300 pounds of scrap metal; he's so attractive that he has had his eyebrows shaved off and wears a big rubber nose; and he's so intelligent that he has to wear huge earphones and special glasses that give him constant headaches. In spite of this, the government still considers him under-handicapped.
After breaking into the studio, Harrison rips off his handicaps and begins screaming that he is the new ruler, the emperor. He chooses one of the ballerinas to be his empress and rips off her handicaps, as well. They dance, gracefully and beautifully, around the studio until they are practically floating in the air. At this point, Diana Moon Glampers bursts in, shooting and killing both Harrison and the ballerina. It is only then that equality is restored.
Themes
The theme of a story is the main idea or point that the author is trying to get readers to understand. In 'Harrison Bergeron,' the two themes are centered around equality and government control.
现代大学英语精读第二版(第二册)8B - Harrison Bergeron(哈里森·伯杰龙)
4、假设你来自于火星
5、移民火星
6、平权行动:美国对黑人的照顾政策
11、无知之幕与陪审团
14、治理腐败的秘诀
18、交通罚款算不算财政收入?
20、格林斯潘不能持有股票
22、最经典的10条法律谚语
23、正义能被仁慈干预吗
26、制度的力量
27、[智慧漫画]僧多粥少该怎么办?(分粥游戏)
28、《公正》:灾难时期哄抬物价是否正当?
29、为何相信人性恶?
30、公平或扎根于恶意
31、治理结构的三个故事
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