来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第17集 第17集》

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  I've got exactly where you want to go with this in mind,
  我和你据此得到的结论是否一致
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  but I think there's a way of taking that thought
  但我觉得这个想法
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  and sort of carving a middle path.
  可以为我们找到一条中间出路
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  The problem effectively was this.
  现在的问题是这样的
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  If we don't throw in any existence requirement,
  如果我们不引入任何存在前提
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  we have to feel sorry for the unborn billion, billion, billions.
  我们就要为无数无法出生的人类难过
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  That doesn't seem acceptable.
  这让人难以接受
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  If we throw in the existence requirement,
  如果我们引入存在前提
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  something can be bad for you only if you exist,
  你只有存在才会受到伤害
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  we end up saying death isn't bad for me,
  那么死亡对我而言就不是坏事
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  because I'm not existing when I'm dead.
  因为我死后就不存在了
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  But maybe there's a more modest way of understanding the existence requirement.
  但也许还有一种对存在前提的宽泛理解