Nigeria was suspended from the 54-nation group of mainly former British colonies in 1995 after it executed nine minority rights activists, including writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.

1995年，尼日利亚被这个主要由54个前英国殖民地国家组成的团体暂时取消了成员国资格，此前尼日利亚处决了9名少数民族人权活动人士，其中包括作家肯·萨罗-维瓦。

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On the surface, the principles of majority rule and the protection of individual and minority rights would seem contradictory.

从表面看，多数决定与保护个人和少数派权利的原则似乎相互矛盾。

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The U. S. wants to leave Iraq, but not in turmoil, he said, while Iraq seeks a path of prosperity and sovereignty where individual and minority rights are respected.

美国方面希望从伊拉克撤出，但是不希望在混乱之中撤离，而伊拉克方面则在寻求一条繁荣和主权的道路，希望每个人所拥有的权利以及少数族裔所拥有的权利都得到尊重。

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This act of peaceful disobedience started protests in Montgomery that led to legal changes in minority rights in the United States.

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One has to do with whether utilitarianism adequately respects individual rights or minority rights, and the other has to do with the whole idea of aggregating utility or preferences or values.

一点是关于，功利主义,是否充分尊重个体和少数的权利，另一点是关于,加总功利，或偏好，或价值的看法。

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In 1859, Mill wrote a famous book on liberty, the main point of which was the importance of defending individual rights and minority rights, and in 1861, toward the end of his life, he wrote the book we read as part of this course, "Utilitarianism."

859年穆勒写了本关于自由的名著，书里的主要观点是,争取个体和少数群体权利的重要性，1861年，在晚年时期，他写了《功利主义》，这也属于本课的阅读资料“

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Walter Lippmann, the establishment liberal columnist, had long defended filibusters as a critical protection of minority rights.

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Our constitutional republic respects minority rights. 60% of the population cannot vote to enslave the other 40%.

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Instead, there would be a unitary state, with Turkish-Cypriots enjoying limited minority rights.

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