来自《哈佛大学公共课-公正：该如何做是好 第6集》

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  Is that consistent with the categorical imperative, that false promise?
  那个虚假承诺是否属于绝对命令呢
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  Kant says no.
  康德认为不属于
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  And the test, the way we can determine
  我们可以确定那个虚假承诺
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  that the false promise is at odds with the categorical imperative
  并不属于绝对命令的方式或检验
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  is try to universalize it,
  是试着将其一般化
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  universalize the maxim upon which you're about to act.
  将你要遵守的准则一般化
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  If everybody made false promises when they needed money
  如果每个人在借钱时都许诺下虚假承诺
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  then nobody would believe those promises,
  那就没人再会去相信那些承诺
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  there would be no such thing as a promise,
  也就不会有承诺这种事了
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  and so there would be a contradiction.
  这里就会产生一个矛盾
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  The maxim universalized would undermine itself.
  一般化这种准则将会否定它本身
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  That's the test.
  就是这样检验