The most famous quotes in praise of democracy do not make a principled case for it. If, as Winston Churchill claimed, it is the worst form of government bar all the others “that have been tried”, then verifiable outcomes are what matter. “No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy,” found the economist Amartya Sen, implying, once more, that utility is the test. Popular self-rule is to be preferred because it allows for better results, not because it is right in and of itself.
贊美民主制度的最著名引語，并未給民主制度提供一個有原則的充分理由。假設正如溫斯頓?丘吉爾(Winston Churchill)所言，民主是最糟糕的政府形式——除了其他所有“已被嘗試過的”制度之外，那么可驗證的結果才是真正重要的。經濟學家阿瑪蒂亞?森(Amartya Sen)指出：“在世界歷史上，運轉正常的民主國家從未發生過饑荒。”這再次暗示，實際效果才是檢驗標準。民眾的自治會受到青睞，是因為它可以帶來更好的結果，而不是因為它本身是正確的。
您已閱讀12%（744字），剩余88%（5590字）包含更多重要信息，訂閱以繼續探索完整內容，并享受更多專屬服務。