学术资讯｜比较哲学工作坊第四十讲：无耻会加剧羞辱的影响吗？

 

Can Shamelessness Exacerbate the Impact of Shaming? Cynics, Epicureans, and the Notoriety Trap (Virtual）

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The aim of this article is to explain the paradox of the exacerbated impact of shaming, from bullying to various types of internet shaming, public shaming, etc., in a world otherwise accused of increased shamelessness. I argue that a particular form of shamelessness may, as a matter of fact, increase the efficiency of a particular form of shaming, sometimes with devastating consequences. To support this claim, I use yet another puzzle: Why did Epictetus – the first Stoic to make shame a key feature of his philosophy and pedagogy – choose to ignore that many of the same accusations he leveled against the Epicureans applied equally well to the Cynics he praised so much? Despite the differences between the two schools, the type of shamelessness promoted by the Cynics and Epicureans opens the doors for the only authority left to be feared—the authority of numbers. I call this “the notoriety trap.”

中山大学哲学系（珠海）

本讲旨在解释一个悖论： 一方面从欺凌到网络羞辱、公开羞辱等各种类型的羞辱的影响加剧了，另一方面我们又对无耻加剧的现象加以指责。 我将主张某种特定的无耻实际上可能会增加特定羞辱的效力，有时甚至可能会造成毁灭性后果。 为了论证这一主张，我将从另一个难题着手： 为什么爱比克泰德——第一个将羞耻作为其哲学和教育学的主要特征的斯多葛学派——选择忽视他对伊壁鸠鲁学派的许多指责同样适用于他所称赞的犬儒主义？ 尽管这两个学派之间存在许多差异，但犬儒主义和伊壁鸠鲁学派所提倡的那种无耻，使唯一值得敬畏的权威成为可能——多数人的权威。 我把这称为 "臭名昭著的陷阱"。