Swan says his early mentors instilled in him a simple environmental ethic that has guided him through life: "That was that at the end of our expeditions, we would always leave wherever we went,clean and tidy, take away our garbage, take away everything, just leave our footsteps."

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But the question is how are those of us of this generation, living that ethic out in the early 21st century?

但问题是,我们这代人如何，将在21世纪初的生活中体现这一道德？

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And I try to transfer that work ethic and demonstrate it to others

我也试着把这个理念传输给其他人，并且向他们证明，

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I also spoke to you about the heroic ethic, which is the dominant element in this system of theirs.

我也讲述了英雄主义的伦理观,这个是他们的伦理体系中占主导地位的元素

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Yes, sure. Most of this opposition comes from people who are critical of places where I depart from the traditional ethic of the thing to do for human life.

当然可以，大多数的反对观点,都来自于这样的人，他们批评说，我的立场偏离了,关于如何对待人类的生命的传统伦理。

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Honor to so many of us sounds quaint, like an honor code or the Boy Scouts' code or something like that or something primitive, some kind of primitive ethic which we therefore don't really understand.

荣誉，对我们中大多数而言，听起来都会很奇怪，这就像是在说荣誉代码,童子军守则或一些类似的东西一样，亦或是一些非常原始的理论,以致于我们根本不知道这是在说什么。

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and they asked about my work ethic and my extra-curricular activities I did.

然后他们问我的职业道德怎么样，还有我参加过的课外活动。

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How would you evaluate the work ethic of Korean students?

你会如何评价韩国学生的职业道德呢？

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I hope it gave you a sense of its communal ethiC as opposed to an individual morality, the idea that the actions of every individual have an impact on society as a whole.

我希望它能给你们一种公共道德感,与个人道德感全然不同，那个观点是,个人的行为都会对作为整体的社会产生影响。

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And one of the things that you have, you have talked some on the ethic capitalism, I wonder, can you tell me, how do we develop a moral maturity?

你曾经说过，就是你在谈论道德资本主义的时候，你能不能告诉我，怎样才能培养道德成熟呢？

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It is the heroic ethic. At a certain place, I think a couple of places in the Iliad, Achilles tell's us, "Why did you come here to fight at Troy?"

这是一种英雄主义的伦理观,在某个地方,我认为在《伊利亚特》中这样的地方不少,阿基里斯告诉我们,"你为什么来到这里与特洛伊作战"

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Now, I guess I'm out of time. So, I'll pick up the story next time with the story about this heroic ethic and the impact that it has on Greek society.

好的,我想时间已经过了,下次课我们接着谈这种英雄主义的伦理观,及其对古希腊社会的影响

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