I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics, but rather to reflect on it, and be more open about the fact that something is an ethical issues and think what we ought to do about it.

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

我希望我们能更明确地思考这个问题,而不是把我们的直觉当作道德的既定标准,而是对它进行反思,对道德问题这一事实持更开放的态度,思考我们应该怎么做。

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What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz. So I think it's important to reflect on what made jazz so special.

我认为,当一种艺术形式变得模棱两可时,标准就会降低。你可以说任何东西都是爵士乐。所以我认为反思是什么让爵士乐如此特别是很重要的。

What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than that of teaching?

有什么职务比教书更有责任,更需要资格,因此应该比教书更光荣呢?

When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work was done before.

当他们在公众面前表演的时候,他们应该有一种相对容易的感觉,如果之前做过技术性和解释性的工作的话。

We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.

我们的目标应该是让我们的孩子成为好人,过有道德的生活,表现出对他人和自己的关心。

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

对我来说,做一个有道德、有责任感、有爱心的人很简单,因为我有资源来支持这一点。

I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that.

我认为我们是非常复杂的,我们有能力做各种各样的事情,而电影并没有反映这一点。

Our first intuitions are the true ones.

我们的第一直觉是真实的。