instead of pursuing the questions of how exactly that theory should go, notice that if we had that theory ... we could still evaluate in principle-- whatever the practical difficulties might be-- in principle we could still evaluate rival lives.

我们不去研究,那种理论如何发挥作用，即便我们有那种理论,原则上我们仍然可以-,不管实际困难是什么-,原则上我们仍然可以评价其他生活。

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