来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡第19集第19集》

you can buy ice cream with it.

你可以拿它买冰淇淋
All right. Why is ice cream worth having?

好的为什么冰淇淋值得拥有
Well, ice cream's worth having because

冰淇淋值得拥有是因为
when I eat ice cream

当我吃冰淇淋时
it gives me this pleasurable sensation.

我有快乐的感觉
All right. Why is the pleasurable sensation worth having?

好了为什么快乐的感觉值得拥有
At this point, we get a different kind of answer.

问到这里我们的回答不一样了
At this point, we say something like,

在这里我们说
pleasure is worth having for its own sake.

快乐因其自身原因值得拥有
The other things were valuable

其它事情的价值在于
as a means, ultimately to pleasure.

它们是获得最终快乐的手段
But pleasure is worth having for its own sake.

而快乐因其自身原因值得拥有