This is the essence of this case. We will try to remind all the time that this is the issue, this is the topic.

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And I found there were very few philosophers to even touch that topic, it was just something that they just assumed that somehow, yes, of course all humans have dignity and moral status and rights.

我发现很少有哲学家,研究这一问题，他们只是理所当然的假设,是的，全体人类都有,尊严，有道德标准，也有自己的权利。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

It would be a wonderful paper topic, an examination of all of the Galileo similes.

这会是非常好的论文题目，关于所有伽利略的比喻的审视。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And indeed, as it happens, in our department this very semester there is such a class devoted, all semester, to the topic of consciousness.

当然,这也的确是如此,我们系在这一学期,就有这么一个班,花了整整一个学期,来讨论意识问题

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Any of you who have come from Europe will care a lot more about this issue in all likelihood, than the Americans because it's been a much hotter topic in Europe.

比起美国的同学,来自欧洲的同学,会对这个话题会更感兴趣,因为这个话题在欧洲倍受关注

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

A lot of interesting reasons, we've all heard the topic-- the word chocoholic, sugar addict, we hear the words withdrawal and things and that becomes an interesting part of the biology of food.

值得思考的原因有很多,我们都听过这样的词汇,巧克力成瘾,糖果成瘾,还有戒断反应之类的词,这都是食品生物学中有趣的部分

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选