In 1859, Mill wrote a famous book on liberty, the main point of which was the importance of defending individual rights and minority rights, and in 1861, toward the end of his life, he wrote the book we read as part of this course, "Utilitarianism."

859年穆勒写了本关于自由的名著，书里的主要观点是,争取个体和少数群体权利的重要性，1861年，在晚年时期，他写了《功利主义》，这也属于本课的阅读资料“

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Suppose the individual right to religious liberty were at stake, then, Alex, you could say, on the Hustings.

假设个人信仰自由的权利，岌岌可危，那么，亚历克斯，你在竞选时可以说。

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When you hear a slaveholder preach about his individual liberty and his rights, you sometimes wonder, "Come on, where do you get off?"

当你听见一个奴隶主鼓吹,他的个人自由和他的个人权利时,你有时候会想,"拜托,你是怎么做的呢"

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That's Spinoza on Machiavelli, because "he was favorable to liberty" and that the book, he says, is kind of a satire on princely rule.

那就是斯宾诺莎对马基雅维利的理解，因为,他推崇自由，而关于《君主论》，他说道，某种程度上是对君主统治的讽刺。

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Disappointment number two, once there is a legitimate government based on consent, the only limits for Locke are limits on arbitrary takings of life or of liberty or of property.

失望的第二点，一旦经过同意建立合法政府后，对洛克来说它唯一的限制,就是不能肆意夺取生命或自由或财产。

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And yet, in many ways, this Hobbesian sovereign aims to allow for ample room for individual liberty And he even sets some limits on the legitimate use of sovereign power.

话虽如此，霍布斯眼中的君权,也还是为个人自由留下了足够的空间,他甚至对君主的合法权力,设定了一些限制。

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On the one hand, we have these unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property, which means that even we don't have the power to give them up, and that's what creates the limits on legitimate government.

一方面，我们有不可剥夺的生命，自由和财产权，这意味着即使我们自己也无权放弃，正是这些权利，造成了对合法政府的限制。

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