morally and religiously.

和矛盾的观点
And so there's a powerful incentive

所以我们有强烈的动机
to embrace a conception of justice or of rights

去支持这样一种公正或权力的概念
that doesn't require the society as a whole to pass judgment,

这种概念无需要求社会全体以某种方式
one way or another,

对道德和宗教上
on those hotly contested moral and religious questions.

都极具争议的问题做出判定
About the moral permissibility of homosexuality.

即关于同性恋的道德允许
About the proper ends of marriage as a social institution.

以及从社会角度来说何为婚姻的恰当目的
So, clearly, if there's an incentive to resolve this question,

所以很明显如果可以解决这个问题
to define people's rights

可以以一种不需社会整体
in a way that doesn't require the society as a whole

解决这些道德和宗教冲突的方式
to sort out those moral and religious disputes

来定义人们的权利