One of the greatest utilitarians was Claude Helvetius.
最伟大的功利主义者之一是克劳德·爱尔维修。
Yet classic utilitarians accepted them all.
然而，传统的功利主义者接受了他们。
Utilitarians, the greatest happiness for all.
功利主义，最大的幸福。
That seems implausible to many utilitarians.
这似乎难以置信的许多功利主义者。
Utilitarians believe that the most important things in life are happiness and contentment.
功利主义认为人生最重要的事情是快乐和满意。
Each objection led some utilitarians to give up some of the original claims of classic utilitarianism.
每个反对导致一些功利主义者放弃了原来的古典功利主义的一些要求。
Utilitarians, this suggests, may add to the sum of human happiness, but they are not very happy people themselves.
这表示，功利主义者或许会做那些对所有人的幸福有益的事，但是他们自身却不是非常快乐。
Utilitarians, this suggests, may add to the sum of human happiness, but they are not very happy people themselves.
这表示虽然功利主义者能够增加人类整体的幸福值，但他们自己并不是什么快乐的人。
Utilitarians accept that it is often necessary to compromise short-term pleasures, for the greater good over the long term.
功利主义者们接受这样的观点：为了更加长远的利益考虑，对于眼前的享乐做一些牺牲常常是十分必要。
Yet classic utilitarians accepted them all. That fact makes classic utilitarianism a more complex theory than it might appear at first sight.
然而，传统的功利主义者接受了他们。这一事实使古典功利主义更复杂的理论，可能会出现比乍。
For example, opponents often charge that classical utilitarians cannot explain our obligations to keep promises and not to lie when no pain is caused or pleasure is lost.
例如，对手往往指责古典功利主义不能解释我们的义务，守信，不说谎时，没有造成疼痛或旅游都将丢失。
Traditional hedonistic utilitarians who prefer the latter outcome often try to justify egalitarian distributions of goods by appealing to a principle of diminishing marginal utility.
传统谁更喜欢后者的结果往往尝试用呼吁的边际效用递减原则的平均主义分配的商品享乐功利主义者。
For that, we have to examine the theory, and use our judgment – and utilitarians, of course, will say that we should accept the theory once we have assessed the case for and the case against.
因此，我们必须检验它，用我们自己的判断力。当然，功利主义者当然会说，一旦我们权衡过支持和反对的意见之后，我们就应该接受这一理论。
For that, we have to examine the theory, and use our judgment – and utilitarians, of course, will say that we should accept the theory once we have assessed the case for and the case against.
因此，我们必须检验它，用我们自己的判断力。当然，功利主义者当然会说，一旦我们权衡过支持和反对的意见之后，我们就应该接受这一理论。
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