and you can make up your mind where you stand on this.

由你们自己来决定要持哪派观点
So The Theory of Moral Sentiments--

谈到《道德情操论》
just very briefly what this is.

我简要说一下
He does ask the central question:

作者的中心议题是
How can we make moral judgment?

我们是如何做出道德评判的
How can we tell good from evil, good for bad?

是如何分辨是非黑白的
Well it's a very important issue and question.

这是个非常关键的问题
Many founding theorists of modern social theory were dealing with this.

很多现代社会理论的鼻祖都在研究它
The most important one,

其中最为关键的一个人
we will talk about him at great-- in fifteen minutes--

我们将会详细展开用一刻钟时间来谈
is Frederick Nietzsche, of course;

这个人便是弗雷德里克·尼采
the genealogy of morals.

道德的谱系