来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：政治哲学导论第5集》

But Plato has given us enough.

不过柏拉图已经给我们展现很多了
In the first place, they are young aristocrats,

首先他们是年轻的贵族
and Glaucon's desire to

而格劳孔想了解
hear justice praised for its own sake indicates

关于赞美公正本身价值的想法
something about his scale of values.

展现了他的价值观
It would be vulgar, he believes, to speak of justice,

他认为如果从物质回报角度来讨论公正
or any virtue in terms of material rewards or consequences.

或其他任何美德都是庸俗的
He does not need to hear justice praised for its benefit,

他不想听关于为其能带来利益而对公正的赞美
he's indifferent to the consequences.

他对这种结果漠不关心
Rather, he claims that he wants to hear

他声称他想听到
justice defended the way that

从一种从未被讨论的方面
no one has ever defended it before.

对公正进行的辩护