It's not a happy story in which virtue is rewarded and vice punished.

它不是讲述善有善报，恶有恶报道理的欢乐故事。

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We recognize in ourselves a virtue which is considered to be the cornerstone of many systems of moral understanding.

我们承认我们拥有那种美德，可以作为,许多道德认知体系的基石。

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Now, let's go back to a theory which has at least got the virtue of being very old, although hardly anybody believes it anymore.

现在,让我们再回去看一个理论,它的优势在于非常古老,虽然已经没人再相信它

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But we shouldn't confuse the physical things which can be just, the people who can be virtuous to one degree or another, with perfect virtue or perfect justice.

但是我们不应该把可能正义的现实事物,比如,多少有些,德行的人,同完美的德性或完美的正义相混淆

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Conveniently, the banks provided two external villains for their troubles which have the virtue of being plausible and temporary.

ECONOMIST: America��s biggest banks decelerate

Nixon is thrifty, which is a virtue not valued enough these days.

NEWYORKER: Starlight

Measures indicating that well-being stalls beyond a certain modest level of affluence take no account of rising expectations, which are a virtue in themselves.

ECONOMIST: Can you be too rich?