to preserve the latitude, the freedom of action required by the statesmen.

是留些余地以保留政治家所需的行动自由
Every statesman must confront new and sometimes extreme situations

每个政治家都需要面对新的和极端的情况
that require inventiveness and creative action.

这就需要创造力和富有创意的行动
And in such situations where the very survival of the community

在这种社群生存面临险境的
may be at stake, we might call these emergency situations,

情况下我们可以称之为危急情况
the conscientious statesmen must be able to respond appropriately.

敏感的政治家必须做出合适的回应
Nine-eleven for example, a moral law that refused to allow

以九一一为例一部道德律法拒绝允许
the statesmen to protect the community in times of crisis

政治家在危急关头保护所在社群
would not be a principle of natural right,

也就不能称为自然权力的准则了
it would be a suicide note.

而成为一纸自杀说明书
To a considerable degree Aristotle,

很大程度上来说亚里士多德
Aristotelian standards of natural right

亚里士多德主义中的自然权力的标准