|
人性本来就存在善恶两面，而正是善的那一面让我看到了人类未来的希望。 By David Blair Two articles in the October 9 issue of China Daily show the good and bad sides of human behavior. 10月9日刊登在《中国日报》上的两篇文章揭示了人类行为的善恶两面。 First the bad. In the city of Xi’an in northwest China’s Shaanxi province, a university professor, surnamed Ge, beat a woman street cleaner picking up trash because her garbage truck was blocking his car. She was photographed crying with blood on her face. Ge’s female companion yelled at the worker—“Do you know how much money I earn and how much you earn? You are wasting my time.” 首先是恶的一面。在中国西北的陕西省西安市，一位姓葛的大学教授殴打了一位捡垃圾的环卫女工，只因为她的垃圾清运车挡住了葛教授的车辆通行。视频里，满脸是血的环卫女工嚎啕大哭。和葛教授同行的女人朝环卫女工叫嚣道——“我挣多少钱，你挣多少钱，你挡着我挣钱！” Amazingly, Ge spent only 10 days in detention and was fined only 500 yuan, about $75, for beating up the woman. 令人诧异的是，葛某的打人行为只被处以拘留10天和罚款500元的处罚。 The brand of car driven by Professor Ge was not reported, but it is a good bet that it was a luxury vehicle. A well-known 2013 study by psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley, found that drivers of expensive cars are much more likely than other drivers to engage in illegal behavior. They cut off other drivers and seldom stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. The research team concluded that “unethical behavior in the service of self-interest that enhances the individual’s wealth and rank may be a self-perpetuating dynamic that exacerbates economic disparities in society.” In other words, rich car drivers think it is okay for them to break the rules and endanger others. | 
