我跟卡斯楚的想法比較接近,如下. 與其說這是頒給歐巴馬,不如說是頒給這樣一種反對聲音,反對美國長久以來歷任各屆總統特別是布希政權的對外血腥種族滅絕政策.

但在正面肯定之餘,我還想指出一個負面問題,那就是諾貝爾獎長久以來總是頒給權勢人物. 不管此人是否真的良善,這樣一種頒法,基本上都是基於一種功利主義式的(utilitarian)道德觀,簡單說就是不看動機,不管本質,不顧外在範疇,不鳥內在價值,而純粹由所謂良善結果及其數量來定義所謂良善與和平.

但這樣一種論斤稱兩加減乘除的道德觀,在我看來是十分有害的.比方說一個人處心積慮幹了許多令人髮指的罪行,但他或許因為其權大勢大而 "順便" 幹了幾件不費吹力便能辦到的所謂好事,如此加減乘除之後,他竟然得獎了,成為人類的良心了,比方說季辛吉便是.

對此我覺得只能以媽咧個逼來形容,這就好像把文學獎根暢銷程度來頒發一樣不恰當. 和平獎如果旨在表彰良心或和平等這樣一種基本價值,那就應該以衡量價值(value)而非衡量價格(price)的方式來衡量之. 而功利主義的衡量方式固然有其優點,但弊遠大於利. 這不但意味著一般缺乏權勢者不具行使道德的資格,更重要的是,這樣一種功利主義觀,傷害了我們對於道德與良知的深刻理解.

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Fidel Castro lauds Nobel prize for Obama
Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:19am EDT

(Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro lauded the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama, saying on Saturday it was "a positive measure" that was more a criticism of past U.S. policies than a recognition of Obama's accomplishments.
Castro said the prize made up for the blow Obama suffered last week when the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2016 Summer Games to Rio de Janeiro after Obama had flown to Copenhagen to pitch for Chicago, his adoptive hometown.

The Nobel Committee announced on Friday that Obama had won the peace price for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

The decision prompted surprise in many quarters and anger from Obama's conservative foes in the United States.

But Castro, who has generally written positively about Obama, was pleased at the decision by the committee.

"I don't always share the positions of that institution but I'm obligated to recognize that in this instance it was, in my judgment, a positive measure," Castro wrote in a column published in state-run media.

"Many will say that he still hasn't earned the right to receive such distinction. We prefer to see in the decision, more than a prize for the president of the United States, a criticism of the genocidal policies that not a few presidents of that country have followed."

Such policies, Castro said, had "brought the world to the crossroads where it finds itself; an exhortation for peace and the search for solutions to assure the survival of the species."

The Nobel prize made up for "the reverse Obama suffered in Copenhagen ... which provoked angry attacks by his adversaries of the extreme right," Castro wrote.

His comments were part of a long piece entitled "The Bell Tolls for the Dollar" in which he said the U.S. dollar was losing its position as the preeminent world currency.

Also, he criticized the United States, as he often does, for not doing more to cut emission of greenhouse gases said to be causing global warming.

Castro, 83, ran Cuba for 49 years after taking power in a 1959 revolution but stepped down last year and was replaced as president by his younger brother Raul Castro.

The elder Castro has been seen only in occasional photos and videos since having surgery for an undisclosed intestinal ailment in July 2006. But he still has a behind-the-scenes role in government and keeps a high profile through his writings.

(Reporting by Jeff Franks; Editing by John O'Callaghan)