第17章 権力の倫理学, n.2 - 権力それ自体を目的として望むこと
けれども,手段として権力を望むことと,権力それ自体を目的として望むこととでは,大きな相違がある。手段として権力を望む人は,最初に(権力自体以外の)何らかの他の欲求をもっており,それから次に、その欲求を達成することができる地位(position 立場)に自分がいたらよいのにと願うようになる(導かれる)。(これに対し)権力(自体)を目的として欲する人は,権力を獲得する可能性によって,(自分の)目標を選択するであろう。政治においては,たとえば,ある者は,若干の法案(measures)が制定されることを願い,そうして公共の問題に関与するようになる。一方(他方),別の者は,ただ個人的な成功だけを願い,どんな計画であろうと,この目的(権力獲得)を達成してくれそうな計画を採用する。 |
Chapter 17: The Ethics of Power, n.2Love of power, in its widest sense, is the desire to be able to produce intended effects upon the outer world, whether human or non-human. This desire is an essential part of human nature, and in energetic men it js a very large and important part. Every desire, if it cannot be instantly gratified, brings about a wish for the ability to gratify it, and therefore some form of the love of power. This is true of the best desires as well as the worst. If you love your neighbour, you will wish for power to make him happy. To condemn all love of power, therefore, is to condemn love of your neighbour.There is, however, a great difference between power desired as a means and power desired as an end in itself. The man who desires power as a means has first some other desire, and is then led to wish that he were in a position to achieve it. The man who desires power as an end will choose his objective by the possibility of securing it. In politics, for example, one man wishes to see certain measures enacted, and is thus led to take part in public affairs, while another man, wishing only for personal success, adopts whatever programme seems most likely to lead to this result. |