充满智慧、幽默的哈佛大学公开课-第7讲这是我的土地(3)

And this law of nature constrains what we can do even though we are free, even though we are in the state of nature. Well what are the constraints?
这种自然法制约着我们的行为，即便我们是自由的，即便是在自然状态下。它制约的是什么呢？
The only constraint given by the law of nature is that the rights we have, the natural rights we have we can"t give up nor can we take them from somebody else. Under the law of nature, I"m not free to take somebody else"s life or liberty or property, nor am I free to take my own life or liberty or property.
自然法唯一制约的是我们拥有的这些自然权利我们不能放弃，也不能剥夺他人的。根据自然法，我不能随意剥夺他人的生命、自由或财产，也不能随意剥夺自己的生命、自由或财产。
Even though I am free, I"m not free to violate the law of nature. I"m not free to take my own life or to sell my self into slavery or to give to somebody else arbitrary absolute power over me. So where does this constraint, you may think it"s a fairly minimal constraint, but where does it come from?
即使我是自由的，我也不能随意违背自然法。不能随意自杀，或出售自己成为奴隶，或给别人绝对权力任意主宰我。你可能觉得这些制约相当微小，但它从何而来呢？
Well, Locke tells us where it comes from and he gives two answers. Here is the first answer.