Ethics of Emotions as Ethics of Human Rights: A Jurisprudence of Sympathy in Adorno, Horkheimer and Rorty

This article considers in a different light the relationship between legal theory and ethics by means of an interpretation of the thought of Adorno and Horkheimer, and of the writings of Richard Rorty, as two moments of a marginal stream of ethics of passions that runs beneath the history of rationalist Western philosophy. It departs from the critique of Modernity as a dialectic of barbarism and civilisation, and from a genealogy of Auschwitz that finds its antecedents in Kantian morality. It also characterises modern culture as one of apathy and bourgeois stoicism, and establishes a link between the cold modern ethos and the dynamics of Nazi hardness. The article turns then to a consideration of some of the responses to the comprehensive crisis of Modernity: the imperative ‘Auschwitz never again’, Adorno’s ‘general enlightenment’ and Horkheimer’s ethics of sympathy. Finally it reflects upon Rorty’s proposal of sentimental education as an effective strategy to foster a human rights culture in Postmodernity, with the aim of bridging the tradition of moral sentiments and contemporary struggles for human rights. I am very grateful to Costas Douzinas, Sonia Romero, Shaun Haselhurst, David-Alexander Smith, José Bellido and the two anonymous referees for their comments, and to Alexander García-Düttman for his suggestions. This text is dedicated to Paul Gready.     

金融控股公司:加入WTO后我国金融业发展模式的现实选择

随着我国加入WTO及经济的全球化 ,面对国际金融集团涌入国内市场 ,加快整合我国金融业、提高市场竞争力变得越来越迫切。金融控股公司将成为我国金融业由分业经营向混业经营过度的现实选择。根据我国的“准金融控股公司”的现状 ,借鉴国外金融控股公司的发展经验和我国金融业的实际情况 ,我国金融控股公司的组建、监管、发展模式等方面的问题需要我们不断地深入研究并附之实现。     

加入WTO对我国金融业的影响及应采取的对策

外资金融机构进入中国市场，有利于加速发展我国金融服务业，提高其整体素质和水平，以尽快适应市场经济的客观要求。但外资金融机构的进入，也使金融风险增加，金融市场的竞争更加激烈，高级金融人才流失现象更加突出。为此，我国金融业必须加快金融体制改革，增强中资银行的竞争力；加速完善我国金融立法体系和金融监管体系，防范金融风险；利用“保障条款”和“例外条款”，保障民族金融业；加快金融机构人事制度改革，强化人才资源管理。     

俄罗斯远东地区人口与劳动力资源问题

20世纪90年代初以来,俄罗斯远东地区一直深陷人口危机之中。人口和劳动力资源潜力受到严重破坏。随着经济逐渐复苏,劳动力匮乏问题凸显,对远东地区乃至整个俄罗斯经济和社会发展构成现实威胁。人口问题亟待解决,俄中央和地方政府正采取措施,其中包括吸引移民和利用外国劳动力,补充人口和劳动力资源。     

EXPENDITURES ON CHILDREN AND VISITATION TIME

In their critique, Garfinkel, McLanahan, and Wallerstein raise concerns about the representativeness of the authors' sample, benchmark approach methodology, and historical review of guidelines, all of which lead them to discount the evidence presented opposing the cliff-model assumption of father expenditures on children, and to laud instead child support guidelines that give little monetary credit or adjustment for visitation. This article presents evidence that (a) this sample is at most little biased, and remains trustworthy for the main implications presented; (b) although only a beginning, the benchmark approach is highly useful and most of the concerns raised about it are ill founded or implausible; and (c) the historical review suggesting that current guidelines assume zero visitation expenses is indeed accurate for the vast majority of states, according to the foremost authority. Thus, notwithstanding the critique, these findings have merit and importance and should be considered by policy makers. The authors also comment on the additional arguments against continuous and generous adjustments for visitation, finding them based on a weak foundation of evidence and reasoning.     

浅论现行财务报告的功能缺陷

现行财务报告是建立在传统产业经济形态之上的,故而当社会经济形态悄然变化,进入知识经济时代后,现行财务报告在反映财务信息方面存在着诸多功能缺陷,具体表现为对风险信息反映缺失;对人力资源信息反映缺失;对前瞻性信息反映缺失;对全面收益信息反映缺失;对环境影响的信息反映缺失。     

美国危机管理系统的发展及启示

美国成立了以预防、处理非自然的危机(恐怖主义)为主要目标的国土安全部,标志着美国危机管理已经结束了单一的、分散管理阶段,成为面向全方位的、以国土安全为目的的完整系统。     

我国当前潜在的金融风险及对策分析

深化金融改革,维护金融安全是我国金融发展的两大主题,也是完善社会主义市场经济体制的重要内容。当前我国金融业发展中潜在的和已经露头的金融风险对国民经济的健康、稳定运行带来了极大的威胁。因此,对金融风险的成因及对策的分析就显得极为必要。     

论警察社会控制的合法性危机

警察从产生之日起就是社会控制的主要力量,这一点毋庸置疑。但是,随着社会的发展,警察社会控制的合法性却面临空前的危机,甚至出现了多起袭警事件。这主要是由于警察职能定位不清,基层民警疲于奔命却效率低下,降低了社会对警察的信任。另外,有关维护警察权威法律制度的不健全和网络舆情缺乏有效监管也是导致警察合法性危机产生的重要原因。国家和公安机关自身都应积极采取有效措施,帮助警察化解危机,重塑警察权威。     

Is Britain Facing a Crisis of Democracy?

This article contributes to the debate in this journal about the state of British democracy. I criticise the tendency to use a ‘demand–supply’ dichotomy in interpreting the strong distrust experienced by institutions and politicians, and especially the idea that all the blame for current problems is to be attributed to the inadequateness of the British political tradition (BPT). By referring to international data on democracy and to recent British trends in both public attitudes and institutional innovations, a more nuanced picture on the state of democracy emerges. I argue that the BPT is not incompatible with incremental changes that have already introduced innovations in the way politics works in Britain today, and that the task of empowering citizens is one of the most delicate aspects in this process of innovation.