The demand for debt repayment confronts the philosophy of debt forgiveness. In the lender’s view, the 17% interest rate that Greece’s government now has to pay for its 10-year bonds accurately reflects the lender’s risk in buying Greek government debt.
这两种道德观在当今这场关于债权的斗争中冲突不断。债务偿还的需求遭遇了放弃债权的哲学观。在放贷者看来，希腊政府为其10年期国债支付的17%利率完全体现了自己购买这些债务时所承担的风险。这也是希腊人为过去挥霍无度所付出的代价。但借贷人却将此视为高利贷行为——就是乘借贷人绝望之际狠宰一刀。