Above and beyond the question of the contents of my life, we have to remember that the mere fact that I'm alive gives my life some value.

除了我的生活内容，我们还要记得,我活着就已经使我的生命有价值了。

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If we are neutralists, we're going to say, the question is, what would the contents of my life have been, for the next year, ? ten years, whatever?

如果我们是守中主义者，我们会说，问题是，我的生活内容是什么，即下一年的内容，接下来十年的内容是什么？

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And so even if, you might say, the way my life is going in terms of its contents is bad, being alive per se might still be a good thing.

所以，就算，我的生活内容方面非常糟糕，活着本身也许仍然是件好事。

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