多年来,理论经济学家把人类描述为理性的存在,不懈地追求完全利己的回报的最大化。
For many years, theoretical economists characterized humans as rational beings relentlessly bent on maximizing purely selfish reward.
他们当中,并非所有人的行动都是出于利己的目的。
但同时我们也是极其利己的生物。
欺压贫穷为要利己的,并送礼与富户的,都必缺乏。
He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich-both come to poverty. Sayings of the wise.
两者都是匿名的,因此,从纯粹利己的角度出发,没有分享的理由。
Both are anonymous, so from a purely self-interested perspective, there's no reason to share at all.
甚至你已决定了要实现目标,就必须小心不要做损人利己的事来得到你想要的。
Even if you are determined to reach your goals, you must be careful about riding roughshod over others to get what you want.
当利己的私心一去除,所求的理由便不复存在,人就不会只顾追求自己的利益了。
With no self, there's no reason left to seek. And free of selfishness, one won't run after personal benefits.
从那时起,我知道身体最重要的部位不是利己的部位,而是对别人的痛苦能感同身受的部位。
Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is sympathetic to the pain of others.
人类是能够毫不利己的:我们真心地为别人感 到难过,努力分担他们的忧愁,尽力安慰他们。
Human beings are capable of acting from purely unselfish motives: we can be genuinely sorry for others and try to share in their troubles in an effort to offer comfort.
在这些案例中,我们看到了人们是如何做出损人不利己的事情,他们浪费稀缺的资源仅仅为了惩罚羞辱他们的人。
In it, we see ample proof that people are willing to cut off their nose to spite their face, often expending scarce resources to punish those who have affronted them.
而它的批评者们则反击道,现在的谷歌已踏足那么多不同的业务,其通过歪曲搜索结果以图利己的念头恐怕已大到无法自持。
Its critics charge that now Google has a presence in so many different businesses, its temptation to tweak search results in its favour is too great to resist.
他希望他在大学的工作能让他深入了解如何将道德问题应用到那些利己主义盛行的地方。
He hoped his work at the university would give him insight into how questions of morality could be applied to places where self-interest flourished.
必须实现由两极单向度思维范式向双向度多极思维范式的转变,由绝对人类中心利己型思维范式向人与自然互利型思维范式的转变。
It is critical that thought pattern changes from unidirectional polar to bidirectional multipolar and from human-centered egoism to mutual benefit between human and nature.
无论您的意图是利他还是利己(或者两者都有),您都应该利用那些您所在城市可用的公共交通选项。
Whether your intentions are altruistic or selfish (or both), you owe it to yourself to explore the public transit options available to you in your city.
通常只会鼓励利己行为的自然进化,也会奖励这种合作行为,称为血亲进化,因为亲属之间包含很多相同的基因。
Natural selection, which usually promotes only selfish behavior, can reward this kind of cooperative behavior, called kin selection, because relatives contain many of the same genes.
利己行为的逻辑诱惑则不同:这种观点似乎无可辩驳。
The logical lure of egoism is different: the view seems impossible to disprove.
因此,利己主义作为一种人类行为理论,其产生心理诱惑的部分原因是人们对已自身或他人动机具有的某种谦逊或怀疑态度。
So the psychological lure of egoism as a theory of human action is partly explained by a certain humility or skepticism people have about their own or others' motives.
一个人如果能够集中自己的想法与希望超越自我就有可能在日常的琐碎生活中得到一丝宁静,而这对于纯粹的利己主义者来说是绝对不可能的。
The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life which is impossible to the pure egoist.
总而言之:一个完全基于经济利己主义的保护体系是不可救药的不平衡。
To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided.
他的所有决定都受利己之心的支配。
All his decisions have been entirely governed by self-interest.
这一观点——利己主义——的诱惑有两个来源,一个是心理上的,另一个是逻辑上的。
The lure of this view — egoism — has two sources, one psychological, the other logical.
这一观点(利己主义)的诱惑有两个来源:一个是心理上的,另一个是逻辑上的。
The lure of this view - egoism - has two sources, one psychological, the other logical. Consider first the psychological.
“这是开明的利己主义,而且也没有什么错,”Tiller公司,一家给大型企业的慈善捐赠方案提供建议的咨询公司的创始人罗布·邓森说。
“It’s enlightened self-interest, and there’s nothing wrong with that,” said Rob Densen, the founder of Tiller, a consulting firm that advises major corporations on their charitable giving programs.
例如,几乎所有人(也有例外)都意识到一个基本的道德原则,即人不应当损人利己。
For example, almost everyone recognizes (with some exceptions) the elementary moral principle that you should not do something for your own benefit if it harms another person.
例如,几乎所有人(也有例外)都意识到一个基本的道德原则,即人不应当损人利己。
For example, almost everyone recognizes (with some exceptions) the elementary moral principle that you should not do something for your own benefit if it harms another person.
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