is to act according to a law we give ourselves exercising our reason,

就是我们理性思考后按照自己制定的法则行动
but it's the reason we share with everyone as rational beings,

但这是我们作为理性存在与他人共享的理性
not the particular reasons we have given our upbringings,

这并不是我们能够传授给后代的特殊理性
our particular values, our particular interests.

特定的价值观或者特定的兴趣
It's pure practical reason, in Kant's terms, which legislates a priori

用康德的话说是先天存在的纯粹实践理性
regardless of any particular contingent or empirical ends.

不基于任何偶然或先验的目的
Well, what moral law would that kind of reason deliver?

这种理性又会生成怎样的道德法则呢
What is its content?

它的内容是什么
To answer that question,

要回答这个问题
you have to read the groundwork

必须先预习《道德形而上学的基础》
and we'll continue with that question next time.

我们下节课再来讨论这个问题
For Kant, morally speaking,

康德认为从道德上来讲