It wasn't that bad really, it was kind of interesting, I learnt a lot," to justify what they did.

其实这份工作没那么无聊，挺有趣的，我学到了很多“他们会这样为不合理的行为找理由。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The final aspect of self that I want to talk about is the idea that what you do makes sense.

我想讲的关于自我的最后一个方面,就是为自己的行为寻找理由。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

People, for example, take out life insurance so that-- well, here's what seems to be the explanation.

比如人们，为自己买人寿保险-,这个行为的理由可能就是。

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We don't refer--we have no reason to refer, - if we respect the autonomy of the poem as such, we don't refer-- we don't appeal to an authorial intention.

我们不能，我是说如果我们尊重，诗歌的意志自由的话，我们不能也没有理由-,为诗歌加上作者的意图。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But times have changed and they were embarrassed to give the true grounds for their objection and so they translated their arguments into utilitarian terms.

但时代不同了,她们羞于讲出反对的真实理由,就转换为功利主义形式表达反对。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Look, part of the reason I'm flaming at you is, something like square root, it seems dumb to write specs on it. Everybody knows what this is going to do. But you want to get into that discipline of good hygiene, good style.

也是非常重要的，我在这里说的,一些理由就是像平方根,为它写规范听上去很傻,每个人都知道它是干什么的。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

He goes on in a letter in spring 1862 the war still isn't a war against slavery in any official sense and he writes home to his brother saying he wishes he had the, quote, "Moral courage to desert," because he no longer wants to serve this cause.

在1862年春天的信中,从政治角度来说,那还不是真正意义上的反奴战争,他写信给他哥哥说,他希望有点"道德气节",因为他不想再为这理由继续下去

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Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you're doing something or you're arguing for something or making a decision for reasons that you can't fully articulate?

你是否曾发现自己,在没有充分的理由的情况下做出某事,为某事争论，或是做出了某个决定？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And finally, what you do makes sense.

最后，为自己的行为找理由。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选