每日原则：要知道一旦有权做决定的人不想依原则行事，规矩就会被破坏

2023-02-20 00:02

我在很多年前写了这条原则，我认为它值得我们在当下进行反思。谁有权谁说了算。任何机制都是如此。例如，一次又一次的事实证明，政府系统要想运转正常，一定是有权人士对系统背后原则的尊崇大于对自己私人想法的尊崇。当人们有足够的权力去破坏机制，并将追求一己私利凌驾于维持机制之上，机制肯定会坍塌。因此，维持原则的权力必须赋予那些愿意依原则行事，而非按个人（或小团体）利益行事的人手中，而且必须理性善待大家，让大多数人都希望依原则行事，并捍卫这种机制。

This is a principle that I wrote many years ago that I think is worth reflecting on now. Ultimately, power will rule. This is true of any system. For example, it has repeatedly been shown that systems of government have only worked when those with the power value the principles behind the system more than they value their own personal objectives. When people have both enough power to undermine a system and a desire to get what they want that is greater than their desire to maintain the system, the system will fail. For that reason the power supporting the principles must be given only to people who value the principled way of operating more than their individual interests (or the interests of their faction), and people must be dealt with in a reasonable and considerate way so that the overwhelming majority will want and ﬁght for that principle-based system.