He may mutilate his ears by piercing them. The middle Assyrian laws also legalized violence against a wife. "When she deserves it" a seignor may pull out the hair of his wife, mutilate or twist her ears.

可以刺伤其耳朵，另外，中亚述法律,也将对妻子的暴力行为合法化了，“如果她是应受的“,自由人可以拔其发，毁其耳。

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You might say, of course the question, what renders authority legitimate, is only possible, or is only raised when authority is in question.

你们可能会说，这个问题当然是，如何使权力合法化这个问题，当然是可能的，或者说当权力出现问题的时候这个问题会自然出现。

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And then there's the whole vast category of racial defense and justification of slavery.

随后有大篇幅的种族辩护,以及奴隶制合法化的阐述

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The benefits of an action don't justify, don't make the action just.

行为的效益，并不能使行为本身合法化。

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