And then confronted with a new case,

当我们面临新的情况时
we found ourselves reexamining those principles,

我们重新检验这些原则
revising each in the light of the other.

根据新的情况修正这些理由或原则
And we noticed the built in pressure

然后我们发现
to try to bring into alignment our judgments about particular cases

要在特定案例之下自圆其说我们的判断
and the principles we would endorse on reflection.

校正我们一再确认的原则难度越来越大
We also noticed something about the substance of the arguments

我们也注意到了这些争论的本质
that emerged from the discussion.

已经初见端倪
We noticed that sometimes we were tempted to

我们发现有时我们倾向于
locate the morality of an act in the consequences, in the results,

依据行为所产生的后果
in the state of the world that it brought about.

以及对外界的影响判断其是否道德
And we called this consequentialist moral reasoning.

我们称之为后果主义道德推理