How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being?

  • -- Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert 奥伯伦·爱德华·威廉·莫利纽斯·赫伯特

既然什么是道德就是一个有智慧的人的自由行为,那么在强迫之下所做的行为怎么可能有道德成分呢?

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Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

只有那个东西是自由的,它存在于它自己的本性的需要之中,并且是由它自己的行为所决定的。

If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win?

如果我们不相信道德的绝对,然后我们陷入文化和政治的辩论,我们怎么能赢?

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.

资本不顾劳动者的健康和寿命,除非受到社会的强迫。

Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.

邪恶是当我缺乏力量去忠实于驱使我的善的时候。

The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.

寓言的寓意是永恒的。故事的寓意对故事来说是暂时的。

Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art.

自由企业不是一个坏主意,它创造了艺术。