来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第20集 第20集》

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  That's how the neutralists put it.
  这就是中立主义者的观点
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  If we are valuable container theorists,
  如果我们是有价容器理论者
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  we think the answer has got to be, well,
  我们会认为答案是
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  look at the contents, but don't forget to add some extra points,
  关注生命内容但不要忘记加入额外的点数
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  even if the next five years
  即使你今后五年里的
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  for you would've been, in terms of the contents modestly bad,
  生命内容会比较差
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  perhaps the value of at least being alive at all outweighs it,
  但或许生命本身点数能把坏事抵消
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  so it still would've been better for you to be alive.
  所以 你还是活着更好一点
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  But if the contents get bad enough,
  但是如果生命内容恶劣到了一定程度
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  then you'd be better off dead.
  那还是死了比较好
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  Notice that on the modest view, if we ask ourselves,
  注意在折衷的观点里 如果我们问自己
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  would it have been good to be immortal?
  永生是不是好事