Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and less effective ways for us to seek happiness and to avoid misery in this world - and there clearly are - then there are right and wrong answers to questions of morality.

  • -- Sam Harris 山姆·哈里斯

道德必须在某种程度上与有意识的生物的幸福联系起来。如果我们在这个世界上有更多或更少有效的方法来寻求幸福和避免痛苦——显然有——那么道德问题就有正确和错误的答案。

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I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.

我喜欢这样的想法:魔法、巫术和超自然生物之间的战斗可能在我们周围肆虐,但就在我们的视线之外。

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.

真正的艺术家不会用不道德代替道德。相反,他总是用更高尚的道德来代替更粗俗的道德。

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.

我们是一时的产物;我们从一个小空间生活到另一个小空间,每次只有一个兴趣填满了这些。

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。