来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第19集 第19集》

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  But in theory, in principle,
  它说的是理论上 原则上
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  this is what we're wondering about when we face choices.
  当我们面临选择 犹豫不决时
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  We can ask ourselves,
  我们可以问自己
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  "What would our life look like?
  "我们的生活会变成怎样
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  Would it be better or worse?"
  会变好还是变坏"
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  And the yardstick that we're at least doing our best to apply is
  至少 我们可以采用的一个标准是
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  one of measuring up the pleasure and subtracting the pain.
  用快乐减去痛苦
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  And of course, the hedonist will also hasten to point out
  当然 享乐主义也指出
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  that just because we can't do this perfectly or infallibly,
  尽管我们不能精确无误地算出结果
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  that doesn't mean we can't make educated guesses, right?
  但这并不意味着我们不能做出有根据的推测
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  You're trying to decide should you go to Yale for college
  你决定是上耶鲁读大学
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  or should you go to Ohio State
  还是去俄亥俄州立大学