To burp audibly at a formal dinner is not a breach of ethics - it is not a sin or an immoral act - but it will make one feel abashed.

在正式的晚餐上大声打嗝没有违背道德规范--它不是罪过或者不道德行为--但它可以令到你觉得窘迫。

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The ethics argument is a red herring, and not a particularly sustainable one.

道德方面的理由是在转移视线，并不是特别具有可持续性。

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When challenged, she asked, "Did I violate journalistic ethics by not disclosing [the contract]?"

面对质疑，她反问道：“就因为我没有(揭露这一合约)，我就违反了记者的职业道德了？”

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Politics political science he tells us in the Ethics again is not a theoretical subject in the matter of physics or metaphysics or mathematics.

政治，政治科学,他在《伦理学》中再次告诉我们的,并非理论性主题,见诸物理学,形上学或数学。

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Some of us are supermen, and it is quite wrong and wicked for us to be treated as though we were ordinary fellows, and therefore do not tie us down with these ridiculous codes of ethics, and morals, and other things which are simply the weapons by which the weak hold down the strong."

有些甚至是超人,把我们都作为普通人,来对待是错的,是不道德的,所以别用荒唐的,道德伦理来束缚我们,或用武器这样粗陋的东西来约束我们,那是弱者用来压制强者的工具"

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Gen Ham said Malian troops were given plenty of tactical training, but not enough ethics training.

BBC: Mali crisis: US admits mistakes in training local troops

The decision to step down marked an unexpected change of heart for the Nevada Republican who as recently as last month said he would remain in office until his planned retirement from politics because he had not violated ethics rules.

MSN: Timing of Sen. Ensign resignation raises questions

Could it be instead that he, you know, acknowledges when he knew about it, speaks openly about it, not just to the Senate ethics panel, not just to the FBI?

NPR: Foley, Iraq Cause Headaches for GOP