What would our world be like if we ceased to worry about "right" and "wrong," or "good" and "evil," and simply acted so as to maximize well-being, our own and that of others? Would we lose anything important?

  • -- Sam Harris 山姆·哈里斯

如果我们不再担心“对”和“错”,或“善”和“恶”,而只是为了最大限度地增进我们自己和他人的福祉而行动,我们的世界会变成什么样子?我们会失去什么重要的东西吗?

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The evil inclination occasionally allows us to be tempted and not to fall, so that we may allow ourselves to be tempted even further and fall even deeper.

邪恶的倾向有时允许我们被试探而不堕落,因此我们可能允许自己被试探得更远,堕落得更深。

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。

The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip through our fingers.

最糟糕的记忆一直伴随着我们,而美好的记忆似乎总是从我们的指缝中溜走。

It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options.

当没有坏的选择时,做出好的决定是很容易的。

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

要爱人如己;但是不要拆掉栅栏。

Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.

祸不单行,祸不单行。