在这本著作中，他对一些哲学里常年不衰的问题进行阐述并给出了自己的定义，包括罪恶、自由意志和决定论，正义和美德的性质等问题。

In the book he sets out and defines some of the perennial problems of philosophy, including the problem of evil, free will and determinism, the nature of justice and of virtue.

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一些哲学家指出，决定论和自由意志并不一定是完全不相容的，以解决这二者之间的冲突。

One way some philosophers have tried to resolve this conflict is by pointing out that determinism and free will are not necessarily incompatible.

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有哲学家，这里我要对他们敬意并声明，我也是他们中的一员，有哲学家相信，事实上，自由意志的观点，和决定论并非是不相容的。

There are philosophers — and here I'll tip my hat and say, I'm one of them — there are philosophers who believe that, in fact, the idea of free will is not incompatible with determinism.

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So even if determinism were true of us, that wouldn't rule out our having free will, because you can-- appearances to the contrary notwithstanding-- have both determinism and free will.

所以即使我们真的服从于决定论,那也不能排除我们有自由意志的可能,因为你能,尽管表面看来并非如此,同时遵从决定论和拥有自由意志

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There are philosophers-- and here I'll tip my hat and say, I'm one of them--there are philosophers who believe that, in fact, the idea of free will is not incompatible with determinism.

有哲学家,这里我要对他们敬意并声明,我也是他们中的一员,有哲学家相信,事实上,自由意志的观点,和决定论并非是不相容的

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So even if it does turn out that you can't have free will and determinism, that doesn't rule out the possibility that we are purely physical objects, because not all purely physical systems are subject to determinism.

因此即使最终证实,你不能同时拥有自由意志和遵从决定论,也不能排除我们是纯粹,物理实体的可能性,因为并不是所有的纯粹物理系统,都遵从决定论

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