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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Writing has always felt like a compulsion. Even at high school there'd be times when people would ask me if I wanted to go and hang out and I'd sit home and write instead.

写作一直是一种冲动。甚至在高中的时候,人们也会问我是否想出去玩,而我会坐在家里写作。

For me writing and acting all comes out of the same place, a compulsion to review and connect to something. For me they are more similar than different.

对我来说,写作和表演都来自同一个地方,一种想要回顾和连接某些东西的冲动。对我来说,它们更相似而不是不同。

For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas.

对于成千上万的男人和女人来说,教堂是灵魂的医院,思想的学校和道德观念的安全储藏所。

Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.

“免费”的定义:无论你选择接受与否,你都要为此付费。

We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.

我们没有清楚地考虑我们对动物的道德义务。

I had a strong desire to write and some free time.

我有强烈的写作欲望和一些空闲时间。