Perhaps the claim then is that dying is not something that can be done in that way as a joint undertaking.
也许这个说法本来的意思是,死亡并不是,可以通过共同行为完成的事情。
Walking is something you can do with others, in the sense that it can be a joint activity,a joint undertaking.
走路是一件你能和他人一起做的事,这是一个共同合作的行为和事件。
You could imagine that this is a monumental sort of undertaking in a number of different ways.
你可以想象,从各方面来看,这都是一次里程碑式的实验
Theory is very often a purely speculative undertaking.
理论通常是假设性的。
This is why political philosophy is always and necessarily a potentially disturbing undertaking.
这就是为何政治哲学总是,且必然是一项具有潜在困扰的工作。
So if somebody comes along and says No,no,everybody dies alone, and dying as part of a joint undertaking is impossible, they're just saying something false.
如果有人说,不,大家都是孤独而死的,死亡作为共同行动是不可能的,他们就错了。
That's only going to be true if dying as a joint undertaking is impossible.
这只能在共同死亡是不可能的条件下才是真的。
Now admittedly,dying as a joint undertaking is far rarer than dying alone.
无可否认共同死亡比单独死亡少见得多。
Even if you're in a room or a battlefield where people are dying at the same time as you, to your left and your right, dying is not and cannot be something that is a joint undertaking.
即便你处在房间或者战场上,有人和你同时同地死亡,就在你的身边死亡,死亡也不是你们共同完成的。
On the battlefield,even if Smith and Jones are both dying, it's not like this is some sort of cooperative, joint undertaking.
在战场上,Smith和Jones同时死亡,但是并不是在某种合作下,同时进行的。
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