Yes, it can be a self-punishing activity, but it can also be the conscience that keeps us civilized.
是的,内疚可能是一种自我惩罚,但同时,它也可以成为保持我们言行文明的那颗良心。
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I'm not advocating that we stop looking for incentives to move poor people toward self-sufficiency or that we stop punishing people for criminal behavior.
我并不是主张我们停止寻找激励措施,让穷人走向自给自足,也不是说我们停止惩罚犯罪行为的人。
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Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice?