that raise philosophical questions.

所引发的诸多哲学问题
We will debate equality and inequality,

我们将讨论平等与不平等
affirmative action, free speech versus hate speech, same-sex marriage,

平权行动自由言论与攻击性言论同性婚姻
military conscription, a range of practical questions.

兵役制等一系列现实问题
Why?

为什么呢
Not just to enliven these abstract and distant books

不仅是为了将这些深奥抽象的著作形象化
but to make clear, to bring out what's at stake

还为了让我们通过哲学辨明
in our everyday lives, including our political lives, for philosophy.

日常生活包括政治生活中什么才是最关键的
And so we will read these books and we will debate these issues,

所以我们要读这些著作讨论这些议题
and we'll see how each informs and illuminates the other.

并了解两者是怎样互相补充互相阐释的
This may sound appealing enough, but here I have to issue a warning.

也许听起来蛮动人不过我要事先提个醒
And the warning is this,to read these books in this way

那就是通过用这样的方式阅读这些著作