How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being?

  • -- Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert 奥伯伦·爱德华·威廉·莫利纽斯·赫伯特

既然什么是道德就是一个有智慧的人的自由行为,那么在强迫之下所做的行为怎么可能有道德成分呢?

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No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the militarism of states.

任何国家都不能摆脱军国主义,这是主权国家概念所固有的。各国的军国主义只是程度不同。

We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.

我觉得,当我们没有朋友可以依靠或寻求道德指导时,我们就会变得强大。

Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.

邪恶是当我缺乏力量去忠实于驱使我的善的时候。

Judges must be free from political intervention or intimidation.

法官必须不受政治干预或恐吓。

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

以我的标准来看,我有很强的道德感。

The compulsion of fate is bitter.

命运的强迫是痛苦的。