More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency.

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

更常见的情况是道德和权宜之计之间的妥协。

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To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are an accurate scientific description of the means of survival.

不贪婪地行动,智慧地运用知识,尊重相互依存,不傲慢和贪婪地行动,这些不仅仅是道德上的要求。它们是对生存手段的准确的科学描述。

Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior,

知识不能保证良好的行为,但无知实际上是坏行为的保证,

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

法律只是穿着白色长裙的权宜之计。

Custom adapts itself to expediency.

习惯适应权宜。