But the modern world, to get back to that, to this Enlightenment world, individualism and a key aspect to that is hedonism.

但是回到现代社会,回到启蒙时期的世界,个人主义的关键在于享乐主义

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So hedonism is a view that many people are attracted to, perhaps some of you believe.

享乐主义是一种,吸引很多人的观点，也许你们中也有人相信。

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According to the hedonists, " the answer's got to be, it has to be "yes."

根据享乐主义者的观点，答案一定是“是的“

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Where hedonism goes wrong is when they say it's the only thing that matters.

享乐主义出错的地方在于它们认为,它是唯一重要的东西。

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But if the answer is "no," then that means hedonism's got to be wrong.

如果答案是“不“,那就意味着享乐主义一定是错的。

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Now, there's different ways of working out the details of the hedonist view.

有不同方法解决,享乐主义的细节。

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Now, it will not come as news to me if I were to learn that several of you, maybe even many of you, in this class accept hedonism.

我不会觉得新奇,如果得知你们中有几个，也许有不少人，在这个课堂里的都认为接受享乐主义。

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Well, the hedonist offers us a very simple straightforward answer.

享乐主义提供了一个直截了当的答案。

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So couldn't hedonism still be true?

享乐主义仍然是正确的吗？

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That's what the hedonist says.

那是享乐主义者的观点。

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And notice by the by, that when we make choices about our future, from the hedonist point of view, at least, there's no particular need to dwell a whole lot on the past, because what's done is done.

需要注意的是，当我们,为未来作选择时，起码享乐主义者认为，不必过分着眼于过去，因为过去的已经过去。

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