In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues.

  • -- Peter Albert David Singer 彼得·艾伯特·大卫·辛格

在很多国家领导人都在做同样的事情,为国家利益着想的情况下,在全球变暖这样的问题上,你很可能得不到解决方案,所以我认为你必须在这些问题上有某种道德上的特朗普。

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We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity.

我们必须认识到,作为世界上的主导力量,我们负有特殊的责任。除了保护我们的国家利益,我们还必须带头保护人类的共同利益。

There is too much illustrating of the news these days. I look at many editorial cartoons and I don't know what the cartoonists are saying or how they feel about a certain issue.

这些天的新闻有太多的例证。我看过很多编辑漫画,但我不知道漫画家在说什么,也不知道他们对某个问题的看法。

My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues.

我的工作基于这样一个假设:从长远来看,我们道德思维的清晰和一致性可能会让我们对道德问题持有更好的观点。

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

这个问题已经席卷了几个世纪,迟早要与之斗争的是人民与银行之间的斗争。

Good people don't need laws to tell them to act responsibly and bad people will find a way around the laws.

好人不需要法律来告诉他们要负责任,坏人会找到绕过法律的方法。

I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.

我相信,一个科学家在研究非科学问题时,和其他人一样愚蠢。

When money is seen as a solution for every problem, money itself becomes the problem.

当金钱被视为所有问题的解决方案时,金钱本身就成了问题。

The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting.

好与坏,好与坏,只是简单的帮助或伤害。

Beer is the cause and solution to all of life's problems.

啤酒是所有生活问题的起因和解决之道。

Few things are more deceptive than memories.

没有什么比回忆更具有欺骗性。