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 I'm doing is writing stories about women who care about justice. They are women who think about the difference between right and wrong, what's legal and illegal, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral.

我所做的是写关于关心正义的女性的故事。她们是思考对与错,什么是合法与非法,什么是道德与不道德,道德与不道德的女性。

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

我可以原谅,但我不能忘记,只是另一种说法,我不会原谅。宽恕应该像一张作废的便条——撕成两半,烧掉,这样它就永远不会对一个人显现出来。

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。

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.

一个人如果没有舒适的神话的帮助,就不能面对生活的危险,这人有一点软弱和可鄙。

I'm parodied as being some right-wing fundamentalist extremist, it just isn't true. The parody doesn't reflect reality.

我被嘲笑为右翼原教旨主义极端分子,这不是真的。戏仿并不反映现实。

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

一个人独处时旅行更有意义,因为他思考得更多。

Our first intuitions are the true ones.

我们的第一直觉是真实的。