Elected by President Shangdaman, he attended an oath inauguration in the Presidential Palace on September 14.In 2015, he was discussed in the 45th St. Gallen Seminar, compared with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) HardtalkEssenceWhen the Singapore government mentioned that the Singaporean government was in the local foreign media and the freedom of speech of authoritarian political damage, Shangdanman did not rush to refute, but sincerely said to thecake: "We all need some humility to look at and promote freedom to promote freedom.Different ways of order. "
When dealing with international relations and national affairs, the Singapore government always maintains this humility that Shangdanman said.On the surface, this humble manifestation is humble, not exaggerated, tolerance, and pragmatic; at a deeper level, this humility reflects the value proposition that the Singapore government has always pursued: diversified value.
Value theory is the core ideological proposition of Isaaiah Berlin, a famous British philosopher in the 20th century.If you want to understand the diverse theory of value, we must first understand the one -dollar theory of value.The value of value is not the only value in the world, but that people think that the value of people is diverse, but these diverse values can use a universal ultimate value to lead and measure, which is essentially harmonious and unified.There will be no real conflict.Behind all kinds of movements of all objects, there must be a unified axiom.
The value of value has a long history in the history of Western thought, and it has dominated after the Enlightenment.Berlin, who advocates multiple theory of value, believes that the conflict between diversified values is impossible to eradicate, and propose "the incompetentity of diversified value", that is, we cannot find the same ruler, we can measure different values and discharge one person to discharge one.Up and down.And Berlin said: "We often need to choose, and we need to sacrifice other ultimate values for some ultimate value. This is the permanent feature of human dilemma. One yuan value is just an illusion. If you are attached to the value of value, it is easy to suppress other other other.Value and ideals, interference and even destroying a variety of lifestyles, as a result, often cause huge disasters in practice. "
Just like the son of Haixian Boshica in the ancient Greek mythology, the "iron bed bandit" Provelusis, he seduced passengers to enter his small hotel, put people on his own bed, and the person is longer than the bed.Saw the person's legs, and the person is stretched out shorter than the bed.
Singapore's humility is a concrete manifestation of diverse theory of value. When promoting its own value claims encounters conflict, this humility allows Singapore to take a step back when thinking.On the top, leave enough space and time to understand each other's situation, recognize each other's conflict reality, and find a solution.Similarly, when your approach and ideas are judged or accused by outsiders, this kind of humility also allows Singapore to save himself when maintaining themselves.It showed sincerity and leaving opportunities for the cooperation of identical differences for each other.
Some people say that Singapore is playing the ourscy of weighing in the competition of large powers, and it is Tai Chi. I don't think so.Singapore can constantly find its own value positioning and development opportunities in the game of great countries in the world. It relies on the political wisdom of political elites and a deep understanding and persistence on the diverse theory of value.
Shang Daman said at the inauguration ceremony that he would do his best to represent Singapore on the international stage and continuously deepen and expand partnership with other countries.I hope his humility can bring more development space and opportunities to Singapore. He also hopes that Singapore's humility and diversified value of value can be adopted and understood by more political elites such as China and the United States.Explore the way to coexist with each other.
The author is the co -founder and CEO of Singapore Chuangshifeng
