The possibilities of freedom must always, in their view, be balanced with the world as it as--not as it ought to be.

在他们看来,自由的存在可能性,必须与现实相结合,而不是理所当然的

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And by that I mean a Burkean conservatism, a set of beliefs that says the world is ordered as it is, for reasons, and that human beings ought not tinker with that order, very much.

这里我指的是一种保守主义,相信这世界是始终按照秩序,运转的一套信仰,因此,人类 无论如何不能去僭越规则

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Which is why the eyes of the world ought to be focused more clearly on Nepal.

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Perhaps leadership in a complex world ought to start from simple first principles.

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Craft a philosophy for how the world ought to be.

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