By building certain political institutions that would channel the flawed, imperfect human nature toward the good.

通过建立某种政治机构,引导有缺陷的，不完美的人性向好的方面发展。

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I'm going to argue for the latter of what I just said, for the fact that human nature needs to be obeyed with all its flaws,with all its shortcomings, as opposed to attempting to perfect it on the psychological level.

我会谈到后者，就是说我们必须顺从于人性,接受它所有的缺陷和优点，而不是试图从心理层面上,完善它。

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