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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Let me just be a hedonist, trying to enjoy my life as much as possible.

倒不如做个享乐主义者，尽情享受生活。

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Still, the hedonist isn't saying from a practical point of view we can necessarily do this.

但享乐主义者并非从实用观点称,我们有必要这么做。

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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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All right. That's what we can do if we accept hedonism.

好的，接受享乐主义的话就是这样。

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And of course, the hedonist will also hasten to point out that just because we can't do this perfectly or infallibly, that doesn't mean we can't make educated guesses, right?

当然享乐主义者也会急于指出,不能因为无法完美绝对地做到，就意味着不能做出有根据的猜想？

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A little later we'll turn to the question of, well, if hedonism is not the right story, ? what else belongs on the list, or is it the right story?

过会，我们会转向探讨…,如果享乐主义是错误理论，名单上还有什么？它是不是正确的理论？

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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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That's how the hedonist says we should think about it.

享乐主义者认为我们该那样思考问题。

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But haven't yet asked, should we accept hedonism?

但我们还没问，是否应该接受享乐主义？

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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 view is called hedonism.

这种观点被称为“享乐主义。

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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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That's hedonism.

那就是享乐主义。

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