So that when he says that citizens are held together by ties of common affection he means something very specific.

所以当他们说到公民是由,共同感情的关系所团结在一起,他所指的是非常明确的东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

I believe religious pluralism has three dimensions: No. 1, respect for people's religious identities ; including people with no religious identities; No. 2, positive relationships between different people ; of different religious communities; and No. 3, a collective commitment to the common good.

我认为宗教多元主义分为三个层面：,第一是对人们不同的宗教身份的尊重,包括对无宗教信仰的人的尊重;,第二是来自不同宗教社区的,不同人间的良好关系;,第三是共同致力于公共利益。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

We are basically committed to each other for sex but it's very hard to make those relationships last a long time because we might not have anything in common, we might not share anything with each other, we might not trust each other, we are not particularly bonded to each other.

我们基本上只有激情的承诺,长时间维持这种关系很困难,因为可能双方没有任何共同点，没有共享的东西，我们可能互不信任，不是特别亲近。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选