The type of individual he tried to create, careful, self-interested, risk averse, this has become ? the dominant ethos of our civilization, has it not?

因为他笔下的个人主义，如强调个体利益，风险回避等,已经成为我们文明的主导精神，不是吗？

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How can individuals who are biologically autonomous, who judge and see matters very differently from one another, who can never be sure whether they trust one another, ? how can such individuals accept a common authority?

在生理上独立的个人，可以从不同角度,判断和看待事物的个人，永远不可能知道他们是否能互相信任的个人，这些个体如何才能接受一个相同的权力制约呢？

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