If morality very rarely intrudes on the business of making money, making money somehow becomes a moral act.

如果道德规范极少地干涉做生意赚钱，赚钱不知何故就成为了道德行为本身。

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Because we use reason to analyze a moral act from different aspects and make opposite conclusions, moral paradox comes forth.

道德悖论的出现，主要是因为人们运用理智，从不同的方面对于同一个道德行为进行分析，从而得出了相互对立的结论。

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But I believe the United States has a unique responsibility to act — indeed, we have a moral obligation.

我相信美国有独特的责任采取行动——事实上，我们有道德的义务。

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"As the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act.

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Why does an act of consent make such a moral difference, that an act that would be wrong taking a life without consent, is morally permissible with consent?

为什么征得了同意，就能在道德上如此不同呢，没有征得同意就杀人，在道德上是不允许的，征得同意就是允许的吗？

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But he also obviously writes that we are beings with will and purpose who are uniquely guided by opinions, ideas, and doctrines and it is in many ways the first business of the sovereign to act as a moral reformer of ideas.

但他同时也写道,我们是有意志和目标的生物,是唯一由言论，思想和各种学说，所引导的物种,而这正是给君主作为思想道德改造者,的存在提供了可能性。

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The freedom to act and a stern moral obligation to act in certain ways were seen as two sides of the same American coin.

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He said: "We have a moral obligation to act on climate change and influence others worldwide to do the same".

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"The U.S. has a moral duty to act ... we are waiting for the next steps, " he told The Associated Press by phone from Istanbul.

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