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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Libertarian wants to say we have an absolute property right in ourselves and therefore, we can do with ourselves whatever we want.

自由主义者认为我们对自身拥有绝对所有权,因此，我们能做任何自己想做的事。

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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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The things that are worth having for their own sake, " philosophers call intrinsically valuable.

因为自身的品质而值得拥有的，哲学家称为“固有价值。

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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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They have desires about the goals that they're trying to achieve.

它们拥有极力实现自身目标的欲望

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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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