歌词
(From:Ayn Rand ---Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal)
(节选自安·兰德——《资本主义：未知的理想》)
"The common good" (or "the public interest") is an undefined and undefinable concept
公共福利（或者说公共利益）是一个没有界定也无法界定的概念
There is no such entity as "the tribe" or "the public"
世界上并没有所谓“群体”或“公众”这样的实体
The tribe (or the public or society) is only a number of individual men
群体（或者说公众、社会）只不过是一定数量的独立的个人
Nothing can be good for the tribe as such
没有东西能成为这样的群体的利益
"Good" and "value" pertain only to a living organism
利益和价值只属于一个鲜活的生命
To an individual living organism
属于一个独立的鲜活的生命
Not to a disembodied aggregate of relationships
而不属于脱离其实体的关系集合
When "the common good" of a society is regarded as something apart from and superior to the individual good of its members
当一个社会的公共福利被视为独立并高于其社会成员的个人利益时
It means that the good of some men takes precedence over the good of others
意味着一些人的福利优先于另外一些人的福利
With those others consigned to the status of sacrificial animals
另外这些人被当作一种献祭动物
What makes the victims accept this and permit a society to perpetrate a moral atrocity of that kind
是什么让这些受害者接受和允许一个社会实施这样一种道德暴行
The answer lies in philosophy — in philosophical theories on the nature of moral values
答案在哲学之中——在关于伦理价值的性质的哲学理论中
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