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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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世界上到处都是粗鲁无礼的人，他们滔滔不绝地高谈阔论人权问题的道德立场，但那些担心自己身后的人在自动柜员机前排队，而自己却在权衡利弊的人却明显寥寥无几。

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毫无疑问，全球变暖将对疟疾、营养不良和水资源短缺等已经存在的问题产生重大影响。但这并不意味着解决这些问题的最好方法就是减少碳排放。

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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。

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As neither of these two great research scientists was able to find the solution to the mystery, it is small wonder that none of their contemporaries were able to do so either.

由于这两位伟大的研究科学家都未能找到这个谜团的答案，难怪他们同时代的人也无法找到答案。

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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。

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It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing, that makes you happy or unhappy. It’s what you think about.

让你快乐或不快乐的，不是你拥有什么，不是你是谁，不是你在哪里，不是你在做什么。这是你的想法。

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The sole philosophy open to those who doubt the possibility of truth is absolute silence -- even mental.

对那些怀疑真理可能性的人来说，唯一的哲学就是绝对的沉默——甚至是精神上的沉默。

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在全球化时代的今天，不存在同一民族国家之间的边界问题。

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I've never found a client's business problem that could be solved solely through advertising.

我从来没有发现一个客户的业务问题可以通过广告来解决。

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