There's an ethics of autonomy. This is what moral philosophers

有一个自主的道德观这是处于我们文化中的道德哲学家
within our culture view as morality, notions of rights, of equality, of freedom.

认为的道德关于权利平等自由的观念
But many cultures focus on an ethics of community,

但很多文化关注团体的道德观
bringing together duty, status, hierarchy, and interdependence.

把责任地位等级制度和互相依赖集合起来
Other cultures focused more on an ethics of divinity

另一些文化更多关注于神性的道德观
where notions such as purity, sanctity, pollution and sin are relevant.

如纯洁圣洁污染和原罪的观念是相关的
So for example, when we're talking about the rights of men and women

比如当我们谈论男性与女性的权利
and what they should be allowed to do,

他们应被允许做什么
many people in our society following an ethics of autonomy

我们社会的很多人会遵循自主的道德观
will argue that they should have equal rights in all domains of behavior.

会主张他们在所有的行为领域应有平等的权利
Since they are sentient, free creatures,

因为他们是有知觉的人自由生物
they should have a right to do whatever they want

他们应有权利做任何想做的事