According to Sen, this is regrettable because it leads to people giving one of their identities – religious, say, or cultural – priority over all others at a time when it is essential that children broaden their intellectual horizons.

在Sen看来，这是非常令人遗憾的，因为它让人们在孩子需要扩展他们的知识层面的关键时候把他们的某一种身份——宗教上的或是文化上的——凌驾于所 有其他身份之上。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011