THE PITY PARTY: A MEAN-SPIRITED DIATRIBE AGAINST LIBERAL COMPASSION
Book ID/图书代码： 02740015B84239
English Summary/英文概要： In the vein of Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism comes a scathing and reasoned critique of the politics of liberal compassion—and why liberals’ lack of interest in the results of their policies renders them unfit to govern.
For decades, conservatives have chafed at being called “heartless” and “uncaring” by liberals, without ever challenging this charge. Instead, they’ve spent their time trying to prove that they really do care. Now, political scientist William Voegeli turns the tables on this argument, making the case that “compassion” is neither the essence of personal virtue, nor the ultimate purpose of government.
Liberals have built a remarkable edifice of government programs that are justified by appeals to compassion. Yet as Voegeli shows, they are indifferent whether these programs fail or succeed. Instead, when the problems these programs are created to solve fail to disappear, they propose to fix underperforming programs with more money, or more programs. Meanwhile, conservatives who challenge their effectiveness on practical grounds are met with charges of being “heartless right wingers.”
Voegeli explores various programs that have become battlefields between Conservatives fighting for more efficiency, and Liberals fighting for the status quo. Along the way, he explains the philosophical underpinnings of the Liberal project that created and reinforce this misapplied ideal of compassion, and why, without a major change, Liberals must be considered unfit to govern.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 随着Jonah Goldberg《自由法西斯主义》一书的问世，对于自由主义怜悯政治出现了尖刻、合乎逻辑的批评——以及为何自由党派缺乏对其政策结果的兴趣致使其不适合统治管理。
数十年来，保守党一直被自由党贴上“无情无义”、“漠不关心”的标签，保守党对此甚至都没有辩驳。然而，他们却花时间试图证明他们其实是关心政治的。如今，政治学家 William Voegeli针对这一观点，表达了他自己的看法，即“同情怜悯”既非个人美德的精华、亦非政府的终极目标。
自由党构建了一套卓越的政府项目结构，符合对怜悯的呼吁。然而，正如 Voegeli所说，无论这些项目成功或失败，他们都表现出漠不关心的态度。相反地，当这些项目所针对解决的问题未能得到解决，他们便提议多投入资金或者多开展项目。与此同时，质疑其有效性的保守党却遭到“无情无义”的指控。
Voegeli探讨了各类计划和项目，这些计划和项目已经成为保守党追求效率及自由党力争维持现状之间的战场。与此同时，作者阐释了自由党项目背后的哲学基础，以及为何自由党被认为不适合统治管理。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：每翻一页，都能感受到语言的力量。（Randy E. Barnett，美国乔治城大学法律理论教授，曾著有《重塑失去的宪法》 ）
A brilliant turn of a phrase with every turn of a page. Literally. (Randy E. Barnett, Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University, and author of Restoring the Lost Constitution)
About the Author/作者介绍： William Voegeli是克莱蒙特-麦克纳学院Henry Salvatori中心客座学者，也是克莱蒙特书评高级编辑，曾著有《永无止境：无限的美国福利》。其评论及文章也刊登在《城市周刊》、《洛杉矶时报》、《国家评论》等刊物上。他曾担任John M. Olin基金会项目官员，现居加利福尼亚克莱蒙特。
William Voegeli is the author of Never Enough: America’s Limitless Welfare State, a visiting scholar at the Henry Salvatori Center at Claremont McKenna College, and a senior editor of The Claremont Review of Books. His reviews and articles have also appeared in City Journal, Commentary, First Things, the Los Angeles Times, National Review, and The New Criterion. He was formerly a program officer at the John M. Olin Foundation. Voegelli lives in Claremont, California.
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