In 1992, a study on literacy of United States a particular illiteracy was associated with law incompetence, with poverty, with welfare, with incarceration.

992年，一项关于美国人文化素养的研究,文化素养低下与,低下的生活水平，贫困和社会福利，以及监禁有一定关系。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

It occured to me yesterday in my class that maybe someday there won't be social security numbers anymore, and on birth everybody will be given an e-mail address.

我昨天上课的时候想到,或许有天大家出生时,得到的将不是社会福利号码,而是一个邮箱地址。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

He seems, in this way, to anticipate what we might think of as the modern welfare state that public assistance be provided, and the poor, not simply depend on the private goodwill of the others.

如此看来,霍布斯已经预见到了,我们现代社会国家福利制度的出现，穷人不只依靠个人的善意施舍度日,更多的是求助于国家提供的福利保障。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Because you would know being a good utilitarian that taking some, a small amount, he'd scarcely going to notice it, but it will make a huge improvement in the lives and in the welfare of those at the bottom.

因为作为一个优秀的功利主义者，你知道,收走一些对他们来说根本无关痛痒的钱，却能大大改善社会底层那些人的生活,增加他们的福利。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

As a result you have a lot of rural Levites who are out of business now, a lot of people who would have officiated at local shrines, and they're out of business: that probably explains the fact that Deuteronomy makes special provision for the Levites and includes them in its... in legislation, sort of social welfare legislation.

因此许多乡下的利未人丢掉了生计，许多在当地主持地方祭祀的人，也丢掉了生计：这也许解释了为什么,申命记中特别为利未人提供了给养,并把它写进了它的立法中，某种社会福利立法。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选