What would our world be like if we ceased to worry about "right" and "wrong," or "good" and "evil," and simply acted so as to maximize well-being, our own and that of others? Would we lose anything important?

  • -- Sam Harris 山姆·哈里斯

如果我们不再担心“对”和“错”,或“善”和“恶”,而只是为了最大限度地增进我们自己和他人的福祉而行动,我们的世界会变成什么样子?我们会失去什么重要的东西吗?

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If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you think there was serious ethics violation that ought to be looked at, you don't hold it back for retaliatory purposes.

如果人们知道违反道德,他们应该把他们送到道德委员会。如果你认为有严重的违反道德的行为应该被调查,你不会为了报复而隐瞒。

For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity.

无论善恶,人是一种自由的创造精神。这就产生了我们所生活的奇怪世界,一个不断创造的世界,一个不断变化和不安全的世界。

So I think ethics is the broader thing that's less focused on prohibitions and is more perhaps looking at principles and questions and ideas about how to live your life.

所以我认为道德是一个更广泛的东西,它不那么关注禁令,而是更多地关注原则、问题和如何生活的想法。

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.

天堂和地狱是两种截然不同的人,好人和坏人。但是人类最伟大的部分是在罪恶和美德之间飘浮。

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

无论生活中发生了什么,善待他人。善待他人是留给后人的宝贵遗产。

Evil is unspectacular and always human And shares our bed and eats at our own table.

邪恶是不引人注目的,总是人类的,与我们同床共食。