The more developed a legal system becomes, the more society takes responsibility for the discovery, control, and punishment of violent acts.

法律体系越发达，社会在发现、控制和惩罚暴力行为上就会承担越多责任。

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During the early stages of its development, a society becomes aware of forces that appear to influence or control its food supply and well-being.

在社会发展的早期阶段，社会会意识到有些力量可以影响甚至操控他们的食物供应和幸福生活。

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Through technology, science improves the structure of society and helps man to gain increasing control over his environment.

通过技术，科学改善了社会结构，并帮助人类进一步控制环境。

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But Professor Roth says even the best political leaders cannot unite a country once a society's problems get out of control.

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So again, the ethical message here is that humans are in control of their destiny and the action of every individual affects and influences the fate of society.

因此这里的道德上的启示就是,人类主宰着自己的命运,每个个体所作的行为,都会影响整个社会的命运。

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Aristotle went on to say that the justice needed to control this dark side of human nature can be found only in a well ordered society of free people who govern themselves, and the only one that he knew was the Polis of the Greeks.

亚里士多德还说过,正义需要用来,控制人性的丑恶面,只有在公民自治的秩序井然的,社会里才能找得到正义,他所知道的这样的社会就是希腊城邦

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Meanwhile, government retains its dominant influence in society via its control of licenses.

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But 15 doctors and businessmen in New York City thought cancer deserved serious attention, so they founded the American Society for the Control of Cancer.

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"All that raising the age of consent to 18 years will do is to give society greater control over the lives of young people and young boys in consensual relations with girls, " says lawyer Vrinda Grover.

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