Sometimes we were tempted to locate the morality of an act in the consequences and in the state of the world that it brought about.

有时我们很想依据行为所产生的后果和对世界的影响，判断其道德性。

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Consequentialist moral reasoning locates morality in the consequences of an act, in the state of the world that will result from the thing you do.

结果主义道德推理将道德建立在一个行为的结果之上与你所作所为之后的外部世界的状态。

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The ominous white morality police vans that patrolled the streets kept young people in a permanent state of anxiety.

道德警察显眼的白色警车在街上巡逻，让年轻人陷入无尽的焦虑之中无法自拔。

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Consequentialist moral reasoning locates morality in the consequences of an act, in the state of the world that will result from the thing you do.

后果主义道德推理,认为是否道德取决于行为的后果，取决于你的行为对外界所造成的影响。

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We noticed that sometimes we were tempted to locate the morality of an act in the consequences, in the results, in the state of the world that it brought about.

我们发现有时，我们倾向于,依据行为所产生的后果，以及对外界的影响，判断其是否道德。

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Nor can the state effectively enforce morality.

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Neither can state charity reflect morality.

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Most importantly, he managed the peaceful transition from a pretty bleak Communist state towards a reasonably functioning democracy, elevating public morality not to mention political worldliness to the Czech political agenda.

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