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.

  • -- Barbara Ward 巴巴拉·沃德

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。

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I'm not a good father and they're not children any more; the eldest is in his fifties. My relationship with their mothers broke down and, because of what the law was, they went with their mothers and were imbued with their mothers' morality in life and they were not my people any more.

我不是一个好父亲,他们也不再是孩子了;老大五十多岁了。我与他们母亲的关系破裂了,因为律法的缘故,他们与母亲同去,在生活中充满了母亲的道德,他们就不再是我的子民了。

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

如果人们仅仅因为害怕惩罚而善良,而希望得到回报,那么我们真的很遗憾。

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me.

我认为这是一个道德问题,应该由那些尽力帮助我的人来帮助我。

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

特权是权利最大的敌人。