I inherit from the past of my family,

我继承了我的家族
my city, my tribe, my nation,

城市种族国家
a variety of debts, inheritances,

各类债务遗产
expectations, and obligations.

期望以及责任
These constitute the given of my life, my moral starting point.

这些构成了我的生命我的道德起点
This is, in part, what gives my life its moral particularity.

这在某种程度上给了我生命的道德特质
That's the narrative conception of the self.

这就是叙事式自我的观念
And it's a conception that sees the self

这一观点认为自我
as claimed or encumbered, at least to some extent,

至少在一定程度上被历史
by the history, the tradition,

传统和社会所限制
the communities, of which it's a part.

因其只是其中的一部分
We can't make sense of our lives,

如果我们在思考应该做什么的时候