Suppose we conjecture that the only thing intrinsically valuable is pleasure and the only thing intrinsically bad is pain.

假设我们推测出唯一,拥有固有价值的东西是快乐,唯一一样自身是坏的东西是痛苦。

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Well, one natural suggestion is that pleasure is worth having for its own sake and pain is probably worth avoiding for its own sake.

一个很自然的提议是快乐,是因其自身品质而值得拥有,痛苦因其自身品质而值得避免。

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Welles presented it. He'll say no. It's a work of art. I find it exhilarating. So if you are an artist, you can always have an happy life dedicating yourself to your art.

威尔斯这般表达，他将对之说不,这只是个艺术活，我觉得它令人愉快,因此如果你是个艺术家，你就总能拥有,快乐的生活，全身心地投入到艺术中去。

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But over a lifetime, I think I would think almost a complete majority here would agree that they would rather be a human with higher pleasure than be that rat with intense pleasure for a momentary period of time.

但是就一生而言,我觉得，在场绝大部分人都会同意,他们更愿意做拥有更高级快乐的人,而不是只图一时快乐，做那只享受一时快感的鼠。

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One thing, maybe not the only thing, but at least one thing, that goes into a life worth having is enjoying it, is pleasure.

有一样东西也许不是唯一但有一样东西，在生命中是值得拥有的,就是享受，就是快乐。

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Why is ice cream worth having? Well, ice cream's worth having because when I eat ice cream it gives me this pleasurable sensation. All right.

冰淇淋为什么是值得拥有的？,因为当我吃冰淇淋时,它给我一种快乐的感觉，好的。

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At this point, we say something like, pleasure is worth having for its own sake.

这时我们会说，因为快乐是好的所以值得拥有。

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It's a very tempting view to think, what makes life worth having and the only thing worth having for its own sake, is having pleasure and avoiding pain.

它也是一种很有诱惑力的观点，什么让生命值得拥有，而唯一,因其自身品质值得拥有的东西，就是享受快乐，避免痛苦。

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But pleasure is worth having for its own sake.

但快乐因为自身的品质而值得拥有。

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Why is the pleasurable sensation worth having?

为什么快乐感觉是值得拥有的？

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