一在古希臘有一個關於巨吉斯戒指的神話,“這個戒指可以讓戴上它的人隱身,結果就是所有人在能逃避懲罰的條件下都會行不義之事”。對此,美國學者詹姆斯·羅德之評論道:“這個神話要比想像的更爲現實。政治權力就好比巨吉斯的戒指,因爲它經常使其擁有者不可見和免於懲罰,而擁有政治權力的人不會都保持自己的手脚 There is a myth of a giant ring in ancient Greece, ”This ring allows the wearer to stealth, and the result is that all people will do unrighteousness when they can escape the punishment.“ In response, the American scholar James Rhodes commented: ”This myth is more realistic than imagined. Political power is like the ring of Goggles because it often renders its owners invisible and exempt from possession Political power will not keep their own hands and feet