So if you add up, if you try to calculate the balance of happiness and suffering, you might have a case for saying what they did was the right thing.

合计来看的话，计算一下，幸福与痛苦之差，你也许会认为，他们的所作所为是正确的选择。

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For the actions of men," he says, "proceed from their opinions.

他说，人民的所作所为，通常始于他们的言论。

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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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We heard an objection that said what they did was categorically wrong, like here at the end, categorically wrong, murder is murder, it's always wrong even if it increases the overall happiness of society, a categorical objection.

其中之一是说,他们的所作所为，是绝对错误的，正如后排这位所言，绝对错误，谋杀就是谋杀，总归是错的,即便能增加社会总幸福，属于绝对主义的反对。

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