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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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.

在社会事务中,毫无意义的习俗不仅是礼仪的蜜蜂蜇人之痛,也是道德秩序的毒蛇咬人之痛。

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。

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God.

如果我们只能在自然中找到上帝,我们就没有道德上的上帝。

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.

一千倍地滥用言论自由,总比否认言论自由好。

What you get free costs too much.

你免费得到的东西太贵了。