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作者：nunia 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
Christ's Parable of the Vineyard is the source this saying.
(Matthew xx 1-14)
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder,
which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent
them into his vineyard.
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in
the marketplace,
And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is
right i will give you. And they went their way.
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and fuond others satnding
idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go
ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward,
Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto
the first.
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they
received every man a penny.
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received
more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the
house.
Saying, these last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them
equal unto us, which have borne the burden and the heat of the day.
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong;
didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as
unto thee.
The spiritual meaning of this Ruskin takes for granted. What counts in Unto
this Last is the economic significance of Christ's teaching. Ruskin's
understanding of this is never directly stated, but a careful reading of
the book will suggest two emphases. First, that the economic relationship
between employer and employee should not be seen as a question of profit or
advantage, but of justice. Thus we may take it that the householder pays
all his workers the same, not in order to under-pay those who have borne
'the burden and the heat of the day', but because all men have equal needs.
So justice is to be seen in the recognition of need and reciprocal
responsibility. Secondly, the parable has bearing on what at the time
seemed Ruskin's most eccentric proposal, that there should be a fixed rate
of wages for any job of work, regardless of quality.
作者：nunia 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org |
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