ある本に次のように書かれていた。
「このごろの若者で気に入らないことの一つは、とかく小さく固まりたがることだ。特定の仲間とだけつきあって、ややこしいことを避けたがる。
これには、『他人に迷惑をかけない』という、奇妙な道徳が行きわたりすぎているのではないか。『他人に迷惑をかけない人間』というのを、やたらと持ちあげることに、ぼくはおおいに不満なのである。元来、人間が入りみだれて暮らすのに、他人にまったく迷惑をかけてないなんて、とても信じられない。むしろ、迷惑をかけあうことこそ、人間の社会性と言えるぐらいだ。それに、社会的弱者にとって、この『迷惑をかけるな』は差別として作用することが多い。問題は、迷惑をかけていることに鈍感になるな、ということだろう｡」
私も「人に迷惑をかけてはいけない」と教えられてきた。実はこれは、互いに助け合って生活しているという前提があるからこそ言える言葉なのだ。人間関係が希薄な社会より感謝の気持ちを持ちながら迷惑をかけあえる社会のほうが、ずっと居心地がいい。
AI translation, cross-checked between two models.
A book contained the following passage.
“One thing I dislike about young people these days is their tendency to close themselves into small groups. They associate only with particular friends and want to avoid complicated situations.
Could it be because the strange moral principle of ‘not causing trouble for others’ has become too widespread? I am greatly dissatisfied with the excessive praise given to ‘a person who causes no trouble for others.’ In the first place, when human beings live all mixed together, it is hard to believe that anyone causes absolutely no trouble for others. One might even say that causing trouble for one another is precisely part of human sociality. Moreover, for socially vulnerable people, this idea of ‘do not cause trouble for others’ often functions as a form of discrimination. The important thing, rather, is not to become insensitive to the fact that you are causing trouble for others.”
I, too, was taught that “you must not cause trouble for others.” In fact, this is something that can be said only on the premise that we live by helping one another. Compared with a society in which human relationships are weak, a society where people can inconvenience one another while remaining grateful is a far more comfortable place to live.
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