But Ayatollah Khamenei, without referring to Rafsanjani or the reformist camp by name, insisted that it is not permissible to level criticism at the system, and that those who do so "will be hated by the people for causing strife."

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In those situations, you might say, and only in those situations, is it permissible to violate the precepts of ordinary morality.

在那些情势下，也可以说，仅在那些情势下，才能允许违背,寻常道德的戒律。

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Suppose there were a lottery, cabin boy lost, and the rest of the story unfolded, then how many people would say it was morally permissible?

假设抽签时，派克输了，接下来的故事继续展开，有多少人认为，这样在道德上就是允许的？

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Right? And can someone who agrees with Matt say a little bit more about why a lottery would make it, in your view, morally permissible.

对吧，有没谁同意马特的说法,再来说说为什么通过抽签,让你觉得，在道德上可以接受。

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.. All right. Good. Now I want to hear - so there are some who think it's morally permissible but only about 20%, led by Marcus.

很好，我现在想听的是-,现在有人认为这行为是道德上允许的,但只有20%的人，以马库斯为代表。

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But so long as there is a non-arbitrary rule of law, then it's permissible.

但只要有一部非专制的法律，那这就是允许的。

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How many would vote 'not guilty', that what they did was morally permissible?

有多少会投“无罪“，认为道德上是允许的？

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Why does an act of consent make such a moral difference, that an act that would be wrong taking a life without consent, is morally permissible with consent?

为什么征得了同意，就能在道德上如此不同呢，没有征得同意就杀人，在道德上是不允许的，征得同意就是允许的吗？

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And just to simplify the discussion, put aside the question of law, let's assume that you as the jury are charged with deciding whether what they did was morally permissible or not.

为了简化讨论过程，撇开法律问题不谈，假设你们作为陪审团，只需裁定,他们的所作所为，在道德上是否是允许的。

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.. A little grotesque but But morally permissible?

是有点怪异，但,但在道德上就是可以接受的？

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