政哲茶記 The Political Philosophy Cha Chaan Teng

購書連結（Amazon）： https://a.co/d/07ktKU0O 當人工智能發展得越來越強大，會唔會有一日 AI 會可以解決現今民主制度嘅種種弊端，令民主更加強大？今集會同旅加社會學學者鄒崇銘博士傾吓佢最新嘅政治科學小說《Demotopia》，探討「算式民主」、離散群體政治參與，以及民主嘅未來等等嘅議題。 As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more and more powerful day by day, will AI be the panacea for the current flaws of our...

今集有幸請來《Postcolonial Global Justice》一書作者、政治理論學者 Dr Shuk Ying Chan，討論全球正義（global justice）同解殖理論（postcolonial theory），思考點解今時今日嘅國際秩序仍然有嚴重不平等，同埋一個更合乎正義嘅國際秩序會係點樣。 Very pleased to have Dr Shuk Ying Chan, political theorist and author of Postcolonial Global Justice, to share her views on global justice and postcolonialism. We will...

上集提到德國大哲哈伯馬斯嘅溝通理性和商議式民主等概念，今集講吓近年Google DeepMind進行嘅「哈伯馬斯機器」（Habermas Machine）研究，測試生成式 AI 可唔可以令選民更能進行理性討論，凝聚共識，從而反思 AI 與民主嘅關係。 Continuing last episode's introduction the late Jürgen Habermas and his theory of deliberative democracy, this episode discusses Google DeepMind's intriguing experiment on the &quo...

2026年3月14日，德國哲學大師哈伯馬斯（Jurgen Habermas）逝世，享耆壽96歲。今集簡單介紹哈伯馬斯在政治哲學方面的理論貢獻，包括溝通理性和商議式民主等等的概念。 On 14 March 2026, German philosopher Jurgen Habermas passed away at the age of 96. This episode is dedicated to introducing some of Habermas's main contributions in political philosophy, such as communicative ethics and his work on deliberat...

今集淺談義戰論（ Just War Theory）同關於人道干預（ humanitarian intervention）嘅政治哲學討論。究竟戰爭咩情況先合乎正義？咩情況之下先可以用軍事手段干預另一個國家？如果一個國家嘅動機不純，咁又有冇問題呢？今集嘅討論會集中喺義戰論嘅經典著作，Michael Walzer嘅《Just and Unjust Wars》。 Today's episode discusses Just War Theory especially in relation to the topic of humanitarian intervention. What are th...

（警告：內含劇透）作為2025年最後一集，今集決定講吓最近大熱嘅《優獸大都會》（ Zootopia ），但係唔講尼克同茱迪嘅愛情（？），而係講吓電影嘅政治意涵！兩齣電影似乎都係想講Zootopia 優獸市表面上係動物共融嘅烏托邦，但係事實又係點呢？究竟電影想帶出咩訊息？ (Spoiler alert) As the final episode of 2025, this episode talks about something more light-hearted: Zootopia ! On its surface, Zootopia 1 and 2 seem to...

大埔火災令人痛心，亦令人意識到，無論人如何努力，世界其實從來都係冇辦法受完全控制，總有一啲無法預料無法想像嘅天災人禍隨時降臨。今集介紹德國哲學家 Hartmut Rosa 嘅著作《世界的不可控性》( The Uncontrollability of the World ），現代文明總係想「征服」不可控嘅世界，但係咁樣只會令人與世界產生疏離，亦令世界變得更不受控。所以 Rosa 認為，人應該嘗試同世界重新建立互相共鳴（resonance）嘅關係。 The heartbreaking...

成日話民粹主義興起，咁究竟民粹主義係乜嘢？今日會參考三個不同嘅理論角度，嘗試定義民粹主義，睇吓點解好似好多人會擔心民粹主義抬頭，但係又有人會覺得民粹主義先係真正嘅民主。 We often hear people talk about populism and that it is threatening liberal democracy. What is populism actually? Today we are going to discuss three theoretical attempts (Mudde, Weyland, and Ostiguy) to conceptualise populism. 參...

**更正：今集提到嘅荷蘭應係「丹麥」** 其中一個最常見嘅反移民論述就係話移民（或者太多移民）冇辦法融入「主流文化」。究竟政治哲學對移民與融入有咩討論？移民點解要融入，又要融入成點樣？接收移民嘅國家又可以做啲咩去促進移民融入或者保護自身文化？ **Corrections: The episode mentions "the Netherlands". It should be "Denmark" instead.** A common reason to reject immigration is that immigra...

近年移民成為咗政治學同政治哲學嘅重要議題，而呢個議題應該對好多香港人嚟講都係非常切身。今日會探討自八十年代開始嘅政治哲學討論：點解國家有權限制移民？呢個權力／權利係有咩基礎？移民，或者係自由穿梭國界，係咪應該係一項人權？ Immigration is a huge topic in political science and political theory alike, and it bears great significance to Hongkongers worldwide. This episode looks at a classic but signific...

今集終於講羅爾斯同佢1971年首次出版嘅大作《正義論》，講吓羅爾斯點解會被視為以一人之力重新振興英美政治哲學嘅巨擘，然後講吓《正義論》提出嘅核心內容，例如咩係「正義即公平」，同埋佢提出嘅「無知之幕」係做緊啲乜。點解思考正義要「忘記所有」？ We are finally discussing the great John Rawls and his magnus opus, A Theory of Justice . We will talk about why Rawls was seen to be the influential figure who revi...

本身冇諗住講呢個話題，不過最近因為 Charlie Kirk 遇刺事件而再次激發政治上左右派嘅矛盾，所以今集決定簡單講吓政治上左右嘅分別，同埋嘗試分析吓點解左同右嘅分歧嘅核心喺邊度。 The schism between the political Left and Right seems to be ever widening, especially after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. This episode tries to explain the main viewpoints of the Left and the Right and analyse where their fund...

承接上集嘅討論，今集主要會藉由〈Lottocracy Versus Democracy〉呢篇文章入手，探討選舉究竟喺民主制度起乜嘢作用。作者 Rummens 同 Ginnens 指出，選舉有助促進討論、表達授權，以至令選舉「輸家」更有動機接受選舉結果。 Continuing from last episode, this episode discusses the article "Lottocracy Versus Democracy" and explores the values and functions of elections in a democratic system. Authors Rumm...

民主似乎係現今政治體制嘅黃金標準，但係同時間好多人似乎不滿民主制度嘅運作情況。今日我哋會討論《Debating Democracy》一書，睇吓兩位政治理論家 Jason Brennan 同 Hélène Landemore 針砭民主嘅問題同討論點樣解決。雖然佢哋對民主嘅立場大相徑庭，但係佢哋似乎都同意我哋要擺脫「選舉式民主」，尋求更好嘅政治制度。 Democracy seems to be the golden standard of government, but many people are increasingly frustrated w...

私有產權係西方政治同法律哲學裏面嘅重要概念，但係政治哲學家對佢嘅睇法可以有天淵之別。洛克認為私有產權係上帝畀人類嘅重要權利，但係盧梭反而覺得發明私有產權嘅人係歷史罪人，點解會咁？今集會主要討論洛克、諾齊克同盧梭對私有產權同分配正義嘅睇法。 Private property right is a core concept in Western political and legal philosophy. While Locke argues that property right is one of the most important rights gi...

「人生而自由，但卻無往不在枷鎖之中。」法國哲學家盧梭喺佢嘅名著《社會契約論》嘅呢句說話成為咗政治哲學名句。佢嘅理論同霍布斯同洛克又有咩分別？點解佢似乎覺得「野蠻人」比現代人更高尚？點解佢覺得所有人都要放棄所有自由先得？ "Man is born free; yet everywhere he is in chains." This quote from Jean-Jacques Rousseau is one of the best known quotes in political theory. How does his social contract...

自由係（西方）政治哲學嘅重要概念，咁但係政治哲學家究竟點樣理解自由？今集會簡單介紹三種對自由嘅理解，分別係消極自由（negative freedom）、積極自由（positive freedom），同埋德國哲學家霍耐特（Axel Honneth）近年提出嘅社會自由（social freedom）。 Freedom is a core concept in (Western) political philosophy. How is freedom understood in political philosophy? This episode briefly introduces three different...

今集探討經典嘅政治哲學理論——社會契約論（social contract theory），嘗試解釋17世紀嘅兩位重要政治哲學家霍布斯（Hobbes）同洛克（Locke），係如何理解政治權威（political authority）係從何而來。社會契約論最核心嘅概念就係將人同政權嘅關係比喻作一紙合約，究竟呢個理論有咩吸引力，又有咩缺點？ This episode introduces one of the most classic theories in modern political philosophy, namely the social contract the...

承接上一集嘅總論，今集講一個政治哲學的方法論（methodology）問題：究竟政治哲學應唔應該「離地」？政治哲學應該點樣處理「政治現實」嘅問題？一個「冇可能」實現嘅理論，究竟又有冇價值？ This episode explores a methodological question in political philosophy, namely: how "idealistic" or "realistic" should political theory be? My discussion will be focused on the works of Bernard William...

想開podcast講政治哲學好耐，而家終於踏出第一步，希望大家多多支持，亦都歡迎大家不吝賜正！第一集首先要講吓乜嘢係政治哲學，有啲咩主要議題，又點解要讀？ Finally took a shot at starting a podcast channel in Cantonese about political theory! The debut episode is about what political theory is, what some of the major topics are, and why we should care about it at all. 參考書目 References： List, Christian...