They don't legislate compassion. It's likely that these were considered acts of, who knows, personal conscience, religious conviction, something that was between the individual and society and their God.

也没有给同情立法，这可能是由于人们认为这些行为,只关乎个人良知，宗教信念或者是，介于个人，社会和上帝之间的某一事物。

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Deuteronomy also emphasizes social justice and personal ethics and neighborly responsibility. God's own righteous behavior on behalf of the weak and the oppressed is a model for Israel's righteous behavior.

申命记还强调社会公正和个人道德,以及邻里责任，上帝自身的代表弱者和被压迫者的,正直的行为是以色列人正直行为的范本。

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The question that has guided me whether it's in writing the book, whether it's in creating this class, " whether it's first and foremost my personal life is what I call "the question of the question", which is "how can we help ourselves and others, ?" individuals, communities and society become happier?"

那个指引了我的问题，不论是写书，还是开设这门课程，还是被我所称的“问题的问题，就是“我们如何能帮助自己和他人，个人，群体和社会变得更幸福“

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