Moral virtue, then, is the state of character which leads to intelligent and rational choices in our pursuit of happiness.

那么，道德上的美德是一种品格状态，它使我们在追求幸福的过程中做出明智和理性的选择。

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Leadership is neither a skill nor a technique but a state of being. It is a question of character, of virtue in action.

领导能力既不是技巧，也不是技术，而是一种生存状态。它是一个品格问题，是一个彰显美德的问题。

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According to Confucians, only in a state of virtue can the people live and work in peace and contentment.

人们会在合理的公共次序下平静的生活，工作从而得到满足感。

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But this is a state, he believes, that has now been liberated or emancipated from Christian and classical conceptions of virtue.

但他相信，这个国家现在,已从基督与古代美德概念中,解放出来。

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The libertarian says nobody else is harmed,nobody else's rights are violated, so the state should get out of the business entirely of trying to promote virtue or to enact morals legislation.

自由主义者认为,其他人没有因此受到伤害，也没被侵权，所以政府不应该插手此事,不该试图立法弘扬道德。

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Libertarians dislike them for their preoccupation with using the state to impose virtue.

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What is indeed astonishing is that, in this context, nobody seems to be ready to try the straightforward device to trim the public debt by virtue of selling the huge Italian state holdings or severely cutting public spending.

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That is, state and local government workers on pension boards, by virtue of being granted access to financial advisers or experts who can educate them on investment decisions, are thereby catapulted to a higher level of sophistication.

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