Why should I act in such a way if I have no expectation or reasonable expectation that those around me will reciprocate?

如果我对别人的报答,没有期望或合理的期望,我为什么要这样做？

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Why does God do this? Isn't this, in a way, Putting an obstacle in front of someone Almost ensuring they're going to trip over it?

上帝为什么要这样做？，不是吗，可以这样说，在人面前摆了一个障碍物,几乎确定他会被绊倒？

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So, the question is, why did he do that?

问题是，他为什么要这样做？

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Now, why does he have to go back to Ithaca?

为什么奥德修斯要这样做呢

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Why would companies do this?

公司为什么要这样做

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Why would I do that?

我为什么要这样做呢？

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You'll want to think about why Milton seems so aggressively to invite the association of the failure of the just revolution of the Puritans, and of course that's how he would see it, with the failure of the unjust revolution of the rebel angels under the guidance of Satan.

弥尔顿如此迫切的将清教徒的正义革命之失败,与我们所认为的撒旦领导下的叛乱天使们的，非正义革命之失败联系在一起,我们会疑惑他为什么要这样做。

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