The liberty principle, the harm principle, is defended on the grounds that societies that follow the harm principle will be happier in general than societies that don't.
自由原则,伤害原则,其成立的主要基础就是那些遵循伤害原则的社会总体会比那些不遵循这一原则的社会要幸福。
Economics is precise about the tax that should, in principle, be levied to deal with negative externalities: the tax on a liter of fuel should be equal to the harm caused by using a liter of fuel.
从经济学的角度来看,为了应对负外部性,原则上应该征收的税收是准确的:对一升燃料征收的税应该等于使用一升燃料所造成的危害。
But the elementary moral principle I mentioned tells us we should try to stop doing it and compensate the people we harm.
但是我上文提到的基础道德原则告诉我们应当停下并赔偿那些受害的人。
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