放弃通常被看作是负面行为并被极力避免。

Quitting is usually seen as a negative thing and to be avoided.

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我们何时能降低自我宽恕时自我惩罚的负面行为？

When are we acting out of wisdom and when are we acting out of our own need to minimize our negative behavior when it comes to self forgiveness?

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真诚地面对负面行为带来的影响你会有效地缓解他人对你心智的影响，借此你也可以将坏消息转变成好消息。

By honestly addressing the effects of a negative action you visibly sooth the minds of anyone affected, thus turning bad news into good news.

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Hobbes believed, on the other hand, that the overriding human fact, the overriding motivation of human behavior, is largely negative, not the desire to do good, but the desire to avoid some evil.

另一方面，霍布斯认为，人类最主要的行为，人行为的最主要的动机，在很大程度上是负面的，并不是为了做善良的事，只不过是为了避免罪恶的发生。

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