In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues.

  • -- Peter Albert David Singer 彼得·艾伯特·大卫·辛格

在很多国家领导人都在做同样的事情,为国家利益着想的情况下,在全球变暖这样的问题上,你很可能得不到解决方案,所以我认为你必须在这些问题上有某种道德上的特朗普。

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We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation.

作为一个移民国家,我们不能回避我们的价值观。这是一条错误的道路。虽然这可能是一个基于分裂的短期政治胜利,基于制造分裂这个国家人民的分裂问题,但对这个国家来说,这是一个长期的失败。

We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity.

我们必须认识到,作为世界上的主导力量,我们负有特殊的责任。除了保护我们的国家利益,我们还必须带头保护人类的共同利益。

I never have been insecure, because I see what a waste it is. I know there is a solution to insecurity. I don't tend to be thrown by problems that don't have solutions. And insecurity has a wealth of alternatives.

我从不缺乏安全感,因为我知道这是一种浪费。我知道有一个解决不安全感的办法。我不会被没有解决方案的问题所困扰。而不安全感有很多选择。

My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues.

我的工作基于这样一个假设:从长远来看,我们道德思维的清晰和一致性可能会让我们对道德问题持有更好的观点。

When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.

当你意识到有些事情你不明白的时候,那么你就基本上走上了正确的道路去理解所有的事情。

My knee feels probably better than last year. Having said that, the knee really wasn't an issue (last year). My issue was rust.

我的膝盖感觉可能比去年好多了。话虽如此,膝盖在去年真的不是问题。我的问题是生锈。

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

最伟大的思想既能成就最大的美德,也能成就最大的罪恶。

The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.

不道德的本质是倾向于对自己破格。

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

无论创造力是什么,它在一定程度上都是一个问题的解决方案。

We feel most alive when we are closest to death.

当我们离死亡最近的时候,我们会觉得自己最有活力。