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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The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

因此,道德美德既不是自然产生的,也不是违反自然的。自然的确在我们心中为它们的接受做了准备,但它们的完全形成是习惯的产物。

Tree roots hold river banks together and stop the wind blowing soil away, there are many creatures that live in woods and they provide a sense of well-being and look nice.

树根把河岸绑在一起,阻止风把泥土吹走,有很多生活在森林里的生物,它们提供了一种幸福感,看起来很漂亮。

Alligators and crocodiles are some of the most aggressive creatures on the planet - they'll take down a boat if you come up to their nest.

短吻鳄和鳄鱼是这个星球上最具攻击性的动物之一——如果你到它们的巢穴上来,它们会把船撞翻。

The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.

道德科学是关于最大化心理和社会健康。真的没有比这更刺激的了。