来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第20集 第20集》

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  whatever the practical difficulties might be--
  不管会遇到多少实际困难
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  in principle we could still evaluate rival lives.
  原则上 我们还是能对不同生活进行评价
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  We could talk about adding up all the positive experiences
  我们能把所有积极的体验加起来
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  along with all the--ask yourself how many goods,
  问问自己 一生中中做了多少
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  how many accomplishments of the right sort were in that life?
  有意义的事 实现了多少真正的成就
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  And that's on the positive side of the ledger.
  这些都是积极的方面
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  And against that
  相反
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  we would then have to subtract the sum total of
  我们再减去
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  the negative experiences,
  生活中消极一面的体验
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  all the failures and deceptions or what have you.
  减去所有的失败和欺骗 等等
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  Those would count against the overall value of your life.
  这些都与你的生命价值相悖
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  We could still say it's--how good your life is,
  我们仍然可以说 你的生活品质