So what we need to examine now is whether John Stuart Mill had a convincing reply to these objections to utilitarianism.

我们现在的任务是思考穆勒,是否令人信服地回应了对功利主义的质疑。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Then a variant, by the way, of number one the falsifying things, is whether the record-keeping itself is reactive.

然后还有个变数要说一下,关于篡改记录,是否只是为了记录而记录

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Again, a question the book asks is whether that ideal of justice can be used as a model for politics.

而本书所提问的是,理想的正义,是否能为政治起示范的作用。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Since what we want to know is whether the soul is immortal, how do we know it can't break.

既然我们想知道,灵魂是否不朽，我们怎么知道它会不会破裂呢。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So, the take-home message is whether you have three photons or 3,000,000 photons that you're shooting at your metal, if you're not at that minimum frequency or that minimum energy that you need, nothing is going to happen.

所以，这里表明的信息是,无论是向金属发射3个光子,还是300万个光子,如果没有达到所需的最低频率,或者最小能量,什么事情都不会发生。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

I think that the question is whether markets are more apt to overprice versus underprice.

我认为这个问题是关于市场,究竟是被高估或者低估的状态。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

My real cocern is whether majority of Indians would benefit from this process or not.

我真正关切的是,是否大多数印度人能从中获利。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

What do you conclude from that about John Stuart Mill's test that the test of a higher pleasure is whether people who have experienced both prefer it?

那么你对穆勒的结论，有何看法,他认为，两种快乐都感受过的人,更偏好的就是高级快乐？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

now you have this object which is going to tell you whether other things are in thermal equilibrium now.

现在你有了一个可以告诉你,其他物体是否处于,热平衡的物体。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

And they're awfully simple because, all I can do now, is decide whether to execute some piece of code or another.

它们之所以太简单的原因是：,现在我能做的，就是,决定执行一块代码或者执行另外一块。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

But in our collective cultural consciousness, if there is a such thing, whether we like him or not we tend to think of John Milton as powerful.

如果说我们有一种集体文化意识的话，在这个意识里，不管我们喜不喜欢米尔顿，我们都会认为他是强大的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Of course, it's contested whether or not there is really any merit in talking about texts that way.

当然也有人质疑,那样去谈论一部作品是否真有必要。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

This is a scene of whether you as a writer compromise yourself in the face of authority that resists what you want to say.

场景是作者在面临权威坚持提出反对意见时,是否妥协你想要表达的内容。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And that is global-- whether it's China, whether it's in the UK or Australia, or the United States.

这是全球现象-,不论是中国，英国还是澳大利亚，或美国。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

I mean what are the criteria by which we could judge whether the university is just?

比如说什么是评价,一个大学是否公正的条件？

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Whether this dialogue is actual or internal, it doesn't really matter.

这语言是真实的抑或是没有说出的都无关紧要了。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选