来自《哈佛大学公共课-公正：该如何做是好 第1集》

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  All right. Let's step back from this discussion
  我们先暂停讨论
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  and notice how many objections have we heard to what they did?
  回想下对他们行为 有多少反对意见
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  We heard some defenses of what they did.
  先说说几种为他们辩护的
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  The defenses had to do with necessity, their dire circumstance,
  有人说他们在那样的处境下 不得已而为之
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  and, implicitly at least, the idea that numbers matter.
  并且暗含了"人数重要"的理念
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  And not only numbers matter but the wider effects matter;
  不仅人数重要 更广泛的影响也很重要
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  their families back home, their dependents.
  他们在国内有家庭 有亲人
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  Parker was an orphan, no one would miss him.
  而派克只是个孤儿 没人会想念他
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  So if you add up,
  合计来看的话
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  if you try to calculate the balance of happiness and suffering,
  计算一下 幸福与痛苦之差
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  you might have a case for saying what they did was the right thing.
  你也许会认为 他们的所作所为是正确的选择
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  Then we heard at least three different types of objections.
  然后我们至少听到了三种反对意见