1·Moral variation is best explained by assuming that morality, unlike science, is not based on reason or observation.
道德不像科学那样基于推理或观察,这一假设最好地解释了道德差异性。
2·If moral relativism is true, morality can be regarded as a tool, and we can think about what we'd like that tool to do for us and revise morality accordingly.
假设道德相对主义是对的,道德观就可以被当成一个工具,我们可以想想用这个工具帮助我们做什么,以及如何相应地改进道德。
3·Consequentialist moral reasoning locates morality in the consequences of an act, in the state of the world that will result from the thing you do.
结果主义道德推理将道德建立在一个行为的结果之上与你所作所为之后的外部世界的状态。
4·If morality very rarely intrudes on the business of making money, making money somehow becomes a moral act.
如果道德规范极少地干涉做生意赚钱,赚钱不知何故就成为了道德行为本身。
5·I realize that there are different views of morality and we could go down a very slippery slope discussing them. So, decide upon what you consider "moral duty and obligation" before reading further.
我知道对道德的看法有各种不同的看法,在讨论时我们有可能朝着一个急剧下滑的方向进行,因此要依靠我们对道德责任和道德义务的理解来继续阅读。
6·Any explanation more complex than this tends to be instilled with ideas of universal morality containing bold judgments on absolute moral rights and wrongs.
任何比这更复杂的解释都流露出公认道德承载有对道德绝对是非大胆评判的思想。
7·War is a civilized ritual beyond morality for the judge, but not for Mr. McCarthy, who positions his readers to evaluate the characters' moral and philosophical stances.
对法官来说,战争是一种文明的超道德仪式,但对麦卡锡先生来说,却并非如此。他让他的读者去评价书中人物的道德和哲学观念。
8·Plato answers by claiming that morality is a necessary cause of happiness, that one’s happiness is correlary to one’s moral behavior.
柏拉图声称明来回答这些问题,他认为道德是幸福的一个必要的来源。 一个人的幸福与他的道德行为有着不可分割的联系。
9·This is what moral philosophers within our culture view as morality, notions of rights, of equality, of freedom.
这种文化中的,道德哲学家眼中的道德就是,对,平等,自由。
10·All that is truly moral begins when we have done with morality.
所有会以我们与道德说再见而结束的事情都确实是以道德为初衷的。