But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe.

  • -- Tom G. Palmer 汤姆·G·帕尔默

但是,正如左派和右派的家长主义者所认为的那样,没有明显的理由认为一些正常的成年人有权为其他正常的成年人做出选择。

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Do I believe in the supernatural? Oh yes, certainly. I can't believe, I can't accept that you die and that's the end. Physically maybe it is a fact. But there's something about the mind that's more than that.

我相信超自然现象吗?哦,是的,当然。我不能相信,我不能接受你死了,这就是结局。从物理上来说,这也许是事实。但心灵还有比这更重要的东西。

Adults are just making things up as they go along. And when they’re scared, adults have no more answers than us kids.

成年人只是边做边编。当他们害怕的时候,成年人和我们孩子一样没有答案。

As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very unthinkingly callous.

作为成年人,我们知道的更多,但我们知道的还不够。人们可能会不假思索地冷酷无情。

Consider everyone trustworthy until they prove otherwise.

认为每个人都是值得信赖的,直到他们证明自己不是。