As dignifying and legitimating the present firing, the present conflict?

像是使现在的战役有尊严并合法，那么现在的斗争呢？

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You might say, of course the question, what renders authority legitimate, is only possible, or is only raised when authority is in question.

你们可能会说，这个问题当然是，如何使权力合法化这个问题，当然是可能的，或者说当权力出现问题的时候这个问题会自然出现。

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The benefits of an action don't justify, don't make the action just.

行为的效益，并不能使行为本身合法化。

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And, again, that is not just what constitutes authority, but what makes authority legitimate.

这已不仅仅是如何构成权力，而是怎样使权力合法化。

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