美国2018年中期选举三人谈

微信版：https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ciH8aQafPR0hB2YpeyLfUw

2018年11月6日美国中期选举这场大戏，落幕很快，散场却很慢。在选后十天，驴象两党的真正得失才逐渐全部明晰。“蓝色浪潮”真的存在吗？多场焦点战役如何评估？民主党有没有为2020重返白宫成功铺路？美国选举体制又暴露出何种问题？旅居美国的“选·美”知识社群三位核心成员游天龙、林垚和华建平在美东时间11月7日上午展开播客对谈（选·美播客 | 中期选举快评），端传媒经授权于11月15日刊发，内容在播客基础上增补了截至14日的若干进展。

《马男波杰克》的存在主义哲学：个体挣扎、社会现实、文化观念

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今年九月份，BoJack Horseman 第五季上映之前，我做客「小声喧哗」（Loud Murmurs），和小钱、刁刁一起探讨了这部现象级动画片背后的哲学与文化内涵。该期播客上线后，由公众号「0知不知0monologue」与「微思客WeThinker」先后誊录成文字稿（本文版式亦来自「微思客WeThinker」），特此致谢。本文微信版的口琴配乐为《再回首》。

民粹主义、民主衰败、以及对民主的辩护｜讲座录音

（https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ed8ZfVlv-eF68uG0xsgCoQ）

2018年6月底，“选·美”在北京举办了一次线下活动，由游天龙、王浩岚和我分别进行了主题报告：

同性婚姻、性少数权益与“道德滑坡”论

同性婚姻、性少数权益与“道德滑坡”论

Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Minority Rights, and the “Moral Slippery Slope” Argument

[本文初稿撰于2013年5月14日至18日之间，以“同性婚姻的滑坡”为题，分三部分先后发表于个人博客，作为对5月17日“国际不再恐同日”的响应。其时该节日的全称为“国际不再恐惧同性恋与跨性别日（International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia）”，2015年改为“国际不再恐惧同性恋、跨性别与双性恋日（International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia）”。定稿得由宋继杰、周炼邀请，发表于《清华西方哲学研究》第3卷第2期（2017年冬季卷），第411-437页，PDF全文下载地址为：https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3452156；初稿在网络传播的过程中，有幸收获诸多师友及不知名网友的热烈讨论，令我在修改时受益匪浅，在此一并致谢。]

「政治正确」与言论自由 | C讲坛

　　7月24日晚上，我在「C计划」和「3ESPACE」主办的「C讲坛」做了一次题为《「政治正确」和言论自由》的讲座。以下是录音整理稿，首发「C计划」公众号（PlanC-Edu），由志愿者@笨拿拿、ATOMIC、Z.xs、孑、尹小雨 整理，由叶明欣、廖廖、音十悦 编辑，特此致谢。 由于讲座时间的限制，很多问题只能浅尝辄止，还请大家不吝批判。

　　另外，昨天发的图片版「MT问答」又阵亡了，全文请移步：

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_68cd22cb0102xua2.html；或

http://dikaioslin.blogspot.com/2018/07/metoo.html。

问答两则：MeToo运动违反「无罪推定」原则吗？会导致冤假错案泛滥吗？

1.  MeToo运动违反「无罪推定」原则吗？

在对MeToo运动的反对声中，『违背程序正义』、『践踏无罪推定原则』是常见的说辞。但是这类说辞，其实是建立在对程序正义、无罪推定原则的误解之上的，需要相应的澄清。

土师暑期课程｜当代西方政治哲学研究

应北大哲学系方博老师邀请，我将于今年夏天在北大开设暑期课程《当代西方政治哲学研究》（课程号02313163），授课时间为2018年7月9日至30日，每周一至周五上午10:10–12:00，共16次课。

这门课北大校内与校外的同学均可选修。校内本科生的报名时间为今起至5月21日上午10点，校内研究生的报名时间为5月25日至6月28日上午10点，校外同学的报名时间为5月28日至6月28日上午10点。具体报名流程请参见北大暑期课程官方网站（http://summer.pku.edu.cn/）。

论最近的大字报

前两天有照片，北大三角地贴出了一张声援木（岳）田（昕）同学的大字报，不少朋友问我对此有何看法。我想或许可以对以下两个问题略加辨析：

霍金悖论（上）：顶尖科学家何以会是反哲学的哲学盲？

（本文初稿作于霍金逝世当日，终稿上篇已发端传媒，下篇待刊。）

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[that night]

Daddy, why are you crying?

One of my friends in China just died.

Why did he die?

Well it's complicated, I don't know how to explain it to you.

It's okay. You try to explain and I will try to understand.

Okay, let's put it this way. China has been ruled by bad guys for a long time. My friend was a good guy. He tried to fight the bad guys, but he lost.

How many bad guys are there in China?

I don't know exactly, but a lot.

A hundred? A thousand?

Well it's hard to tell the exact number... Think about some of the cartoons you've watched. Sometimes there is a big bad guy who commands an army of little bad guys. It doesn't really matter how many little bad guys there are in the army. What matters is that the big bad guy and his army are taking over.

Oh yes! Like in My Little Pony, the ... [she went on blablabla for a while and I couldn't remember the details]

You are right.

So, is it why you don't like the Chinese national flag? Because that's actually the flag of the bad guys who are ruling China?

You are right. Look at the five yellow stars on the Chinese national flag. The bad guys use the largest star to symbolize themselves, and the other four smaller stars to symbolize those ruled by them. The flag is a self-congratulation on their power.

But the flag looks beautiful. I kinda like them. Besides, grandma brought it to me. She isn't one of the bad guys, is she?

Of course she isn't. And it is nothing wrong for you to like the flag and think it beautiful. It is indeed beautiful. That's part of the bad guys' trick. They use all kinds of tricks to enchant and deceive good guys, so that it's easier for them to gain and maintain power. That's also why some good people support the bad guys. I am sure in your cartoons there are examples of this kind of tricks and deceptions.

Definitely! Like in My Little Pony, there is a Changeling who pretends to be a Unicorn. Every pony is deceived except... [she gave two names, which I've forgotten]

Exactly. So what should the good guys who see through the tricks do? Should they regard other good guys who are deceived as enemies too?

No, they should wake them up, and defeat the bad guys together.

You're right, and that is what many good guys in China are doing.

How about the U.S.? Is it ruled by good guys or bad guys?

Well right now it's ruled by bad guys. But unlike in China, here the power of the good guys are strong, so the bad guys who are ruling can't do as much harm to good guys as in China, although they really want to. Besides, in the U.S. people choose their rulers every once in a while. So the good guys have a lot of chances to expose the bad guys' lies and tricks, wake up the other good guys who are previously deceived, and win back the ruling power.

And China doesn't have that?

No, it doesn't. In China the bad guys are too strong. They have control over armies, secret police, schools, and everything. They forbid the people to choose their own leader. And they jail anyone who dare question their rule.

Has China always been like that? Always ruled by bad guys?

Well, every country has had its good days and bad days. China is no different, although it's a bit unluckier than many other countries. It has been ruled by the current gang of bad guys for quite a long time.

Will good guys eventually win? Can they save China from the bad guys?

Eventually, yes. Or so I hope. But we need to fight for that, and it may take a long time. Maybe daddy and daddy's friends will still loose, and you and your friends will be the ones who eventually defeat the bad guys and save the world. Or it may even be your daughter and her friends. But eventually good guys will win, I believe. Do you believe so?

Yes I do.