一位自由主義者的戰爭

War That Belongs to a Liberal

基於意識型態自身之理念邏輯，自由主義者以個人自由為關懷主軸，基本上對於戰爭並未予以充分之正視；此一態度包含對戰爭抱持負面評價，以及無法理解戰爭對於現代國家的深遠影響。本文假定於韓戰簽定停戰協定之前，雷震先生的戰爭思維受到自由主義影響與侷限，無法面對冷戰現實作出解釋，不但僅只在個人自由與言論自由層次掙扎，而且整個自由主義理念也同樣受制於冷戰。之後，雷震先生的戰爭思維轉而與現代國家和地緣政治結合，論述上更貼近現代國家的行動，而更有效揭穿當時國民黨政權軍事動員統治之戰爭正當性。但，這也只是戰術層次的挪用，根底上雷震先生自由主義思維模式並未改變，而此一堅持未必有助於拓寬公共空間所需之歷史縱深。

Confined by ideological framework, liberal thinkers focus on individual liberties rather than wars. Such theoretical position induced liberal thinkers to view human war affairs as negative and thus give less attention to the deep influence of war-making upon modern states. This paper supposed that Mr. Lei Chen, a liberal fighter, had taken similar position toward war affairs before the ”peaceful” ending of Korean War. Right after this big event of Cold War, Mr. Lei Chen changes his face to be a cold-minded Militarist with international and geo-politics in mind. Such strategic transformation effectively undermined the legitimacy of authoritative government in Taiwan, but Mr. Lei Chen has been a liberal in the core. However, such theoretical insistence, regarding to the review of history, may not be so helpful to the widening of public sphere.