作为存在于奇迹之星——地球上的人类,理应承担起创造可持续发展的社会以及追求人类普世之善的义务。为了切实履行这一义务,我们唯有努力践行以“秉持良心追求普世之善的人类本性”为根源性动力的社会创新。这种社会创新将致力于消除有碍于维护或提升人类社会“公共善”的不利因素。在某种意义上,人类史可被视为社会创新的连续史。迄今为止,人类通过制度、科技以及价值这三种手段展开社会创新活动。尽管在“大政府时代”,政府通过实施公共政策垄断了大部分社会创新活动,然而进入20世纪90年代后,随着政府力量的退出,以社会创业和社会化商业为代表的市民力量重新崛起,从而引发了新时代下的社会创新之潮流。作为对社会创新潮流的回应,近年来笔者曾在社区营造、环保公益、有机农业以及政治选举等领域展开一系列的社会创新调研活动。
<<The human beings destined to exist on the universe and live on this magical world,are obligated to promote the sustainable development of society and defend the virtues of mankind.Only when we strive for social innovation which is thoroughly powered by the belief “following our heart and defending virtues of mankind” can this obligation be genuinely fulfilled.Social innovation helps to eliminate bad factors which do harm to the development of “bonum commune”.In a sense,the history of human beings' development is regarded as the history of social innovation.So far,people have developed social innovation activities by means of institution,technology and value.In the era of big government,though,most social innovation activities were monopolized because of the public policies implemented by government.However,in the 1990s,the people's power which represented Social Entrepreneurship and Social Business arose rapidly with the gradually powerlessness of government.Thus,the trend of social innovation was triggered when it came to new epoch.In response to this trend,I have developed a serious of social innovation activities in the fields of community construction,environmental production,public welfare,organic agriculture,and political election.Besides,I also designed courses for Ph.D.and postgraduate students on social innovation education in Doshisha University,in 2005.
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