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One way or the other(anyhow): no one today can claim that there are no interesting impulses for appropriate ethical reflection. (para. 1)Despite the philosophic principles available nowadays, no one can say for sure that nobody has the urge to examine and explain these principles in an ethical perspective in an updated context.There is at least the suspicion that those who talk a lot about ethics may be on a rather shaky moral footing themselves and are using ethical alibis to appease a critical public. (para. 4)There is at least some doubt that those who talk a lot about ethics may not even have a solid moral foundation to support themselves and they are just using some excuses to make peace with the public that criticize them.But if one wishes to do more than just get（pass over） traditional moral philosophical knowledge over to people or preach(earnestly advocate) romantic idealism, then ethics, including corporate ethics, must come down from its lofty realm of “ideas” or “values” and establish itself in day-to-day reality. (para. 5)但如果想这么做不止是为了传递传统道德哲学知识或鼓吹浪漫唯心主义，那么伦理道德，其中包括企业伦理道德，必须步下它崇高的“思想”或“价值观”神坛，并在日复一日的现实中确立自己的意义。The impotence(a lack of power to influence people or events) of ethics is shown in the fact that most people choose to maximize their own benefits when economic and political decisions have to be made, and are only prevented from acting against the common interest by governments branching out(expand) into many walks of life(every aspect of life). (para. 7)伦理道德的无力在很多时候得以体现以下方面，如大多数人当面临作出经济和政治决定时，往往选择最大化自己的利益，并尽量避免违背共同利益，因为政府已深入到社会各阶层。5. To assume that altruism(利他主义) and a holistic（整体的） world-view are predominant human characteristics would be unrealistic. (Para. 7)把社会假定为利他和整体世界观为主的将是不现实的做法。6. But if there is a lack of thought in situations deciding the life and death of millions of people, how much more probable is it in situations which are not of such vital significance? (Para. 10)但如果是缺乏决定百万人生死的思想的情况下，如何让它的情况不具有如此重要的意义更可能呢？Unit2Robert J. Barro pub