不管怎样,“美国人对幸福的痴迷”正是艾里克·威尔逊在他薄薄的辩论作品《反对幸福》一书中所痛斥的。
In any event, it is this "American obsession with happiness" that Eric Wilson lambastes in his slim polemic, "Against happiness".
现在只有我和伊莱表示反对,伊莱是因为她看着姐姐幸福无法忍受,我则是不能忍受瓦妮莎没有我居然也能那么开心。
Now only Eli and I raised objections, Eli because she couldn't stand to see her sister happy; I, because I couldn't stand to see Vanessa happy without me.
但是就在我评论史蒂文斯和沃尔弗斯论文的文章里,我就提出了反对意见,即使这些调查的评估测试结果正确,“幸福”也与效应和健康不同。
But I argue in my comment on the Stevenson-Wolfers paper that "happiness", even if accurately measured by these surveys, is not the same as utility or wellbeing.
We heard an objection that said what they did was categorically wrong, like here at the end, categorically wrong, murder is murder, it's always wrong even if it increases the overall happiness of society, a categorical objection.
其中之一是说,他们的所作所为,是绝对错误的,正如后排这位所言,绝对错误,谋杀就是谋杀,总归是错的,即便能增加社会总幸福,属于绝对主义的反对。
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