One implication of utilitarianism is that one's intention in performing an act may include all of its foreseen consequences.

一个功利主义的含义是一个人在表演行为的意图可能包括所有的预料的后果。

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A manner, process, or method of performing an act or deed; habitual or vigorous activity or energy; movement; motion; a force that causes change.

一种态度、过程，或是一种采取动作和做事的方法；习惯、充足的活力或干劲；动作，行为，一种带来改变的力量。

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And blurring the distinction between thinking about an act and actually performing it raises some tricky moral and philosophical questions.

模糊思考一个动作和实际执行它之间的界限导致一些棘手的道德和哲学问题。

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They could keep for themselves the prestigious title of "chaste" even though they were obviously performing an act that almost anyone in an earlier period would assume disqualified them from being called chaste.

他们可以为自己享有这有声望的“贞节“称号“,尽管很显然他们所表现的行为,几乎早期的任何人都会认为,那是没有资格被称为贞节的。

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"Malfeasance" suggests wrongful doing, as in an individual intentionally performing an illegal act.

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