閱報(九)道歉標準

摘自是日信報金維宜專欄:

人不肯道歉因為不認為自己錯,不肯讓對方佔上風,道歉即認錯,那麼對方可能提出苛刻的賠償、認錯令自己卑微屈辱抬不起頭等等。為形勢所逼,不道不道還須道,「sorry 咯、係我唔係我唔咯」令人一聽火起;更糟的是「如果我做了什麼,說了什麼得罪了,我在這裏道歉」,他不清楚錯在哪裏,即沒錯,不得已道個歉息事寧人,這叫道歉!同樣糟的是「我不應做這事,做了,我道歉,但如果當時不是因為……」報紙的道歉慣例是錯在頭版,道歉啟事一方寸,放在不知什麼角落。

美國麻省醫學院退休教授Aaron Lazare新書On Apology概括道歉應該是這樣的:「涉事雙方之一方,即過犯他人之 一方,應為自己的過犯或對他方作出過傷害負責,向對方即受害的一方表達後悔、自責。涉事雙方可以是群體如家庭、公司、族裔、種族或國家之間。道歉可在公開或私下進行,文字、口頭甚至無言均可,旨在能表達出羞慚或罪疚、保證不再犯,並對被得罪的一方作出彌補。」以之作準,道歉得最好的不是克林頓、「顧客第九號」、服食類固醇的美國田徑女好手鍾斯,而是陳冠希。

Aaron Lazare對道歉的定義:

…an encounter between two parties in which one party, the offender, acknowledges responsibility for an offense or grievance and expresses regret or remorse to a second party, the aggrieved. Each party may be a person or a larger group such as a family, a business, an ethnic group, a race, or a nation. The apology may be private or public, written or verbal, and even, at times, nonverbal. Some scholars suggest additional criteria for apology, such as an explanation for the offense, an expression of shame and/or guilt, the intention not to commit the offense again, and reparations to the offended party.

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3 Responses to 閱報(九)道歉標準

  1. lulu says:

    今天在信報時事評論版有另一篇文章探討道歉文化

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