But we shouldn't confuse the physical things which can be just, the people who can be virtuous to one degree or another, with perfect virtue or perfect justice.

但是我们不应该把可能正义的现实事物,比如,多少有些,德行的人,同完美的德性或完美的正义相混淆

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Just think of them as the set of abilities that people have, the things that we can do that other physical objects-- chalk, radios, cars-- those things can't do.

只是把它们视为人具备的能力,作为人有别于粉笔,收音机,汽车等其他物体的能力

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So you can no longer say, "Look. Physical things just can't do that" because we know physical things can do a lot and this opens up the possibility that humans are physical things, in particular, that humans are brains.

所以你不能再说,"生理客体是无法做到的",因为我们知道生理客体可以做到很多,这也增加了人类就是生理客体的可能性,更详细的说,人类就是大脑

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We can't just be physical things."

我们不可能只是物质的东西

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