We are beings, he argues again in the opening chapters, whose fundamental characteristics as human beings are willing and choosing.

我们是众生,他在开篇几章中重申,我们作为人最根本的特征,就是意愿和选择。

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It's saying everybody has to be counted as an equal even though at the end of the day, one can be sacrificed for the general welfare.

基本观点是，众生皆平等,虽然不得已之时，为了大众的福祉，个体还是可以被牺牲的。

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