Since the time of fire, man has had arguments – rare or well done? Of course, arguments depend on your point of view, or in the case of husbands and wives, what the wife thinks. Some arguments are never-ending. Over the centuries, there have been some doozies that have kept philosophy students and teachers debating.
自从有了火以来，人类就有了这样的争论：“生一点还是全熟”。当然，争论取决于你的观点，或者在丈夫与妻子相处时妻子的看法。有些争论无休无止。几个世纪以来，一些极好的东西一直为哲学老师和学生们辩论不断。
To be included on this list of Arguments That Can't Be Won, the argument must have no clear answer that cannot be countered with another opposing view.
以下榜单的入选标准是：每一个争论都不可能具备让对方无法反驳的答案。

10.Evolution or Creation?
10.进化论还是创世论？

Theologists and scientists have been arguing this one for centuries as well. The argument goes back to the time when organized religion was almost as powerful as the monarchies ruling countries. When people starting postulating that the Earth was not the center of the universe, it gave way to the rise in questioning the idea of a seven-day creation and God's role in creating the Earth. Enter Darwin and his Theory of Evolution and the debate truly kicks off with an unholy fevered pitch. Add in that there are many stories of creation across many different religions and your brain can really start to hurt.
神学家和科学家为这个理论已经争论了好几个世纪。争论可以追溯到宗教组织几乎和君主统治国家享有一样权力的时代。当人们开始假定地球不是宇宙的中心时，对七天创世论和上帝创造地球的角色的怀疑开始抬头。等到达尔文和他的进化论参与进来，争论真正揭开序幕并逐渐达到白热化程度。此外，不同的宗教有着不同的创世神话，一旦这些全部加入争论的话，你就准备好开始头疼吧。

9.Nature vs. Nurture
9.先天与后天

Does how you are raised affect your views as an adult more than what your genetic codes dictate? If your family has always been carpenters, are you destined to be a carpenter because of your genes or because of your familial upbringing? When identical twins are separated at birth and grow up to have identical tastes is that an argument that it has more to do with nature than nurture? However, is it nature to love spicy food, when that's all that your family and friends eat?
作为一个成年人，你是如何被抚养长大的对你观点的影响是否大于你的遗传密码的影响？如果你的家人一直是木匠，你会因为你的基因或你家人的哺育而注定成为一个木匠吗？当完全相同的双胞胎在出生的时候就被分开并且长大后拥有相同的口味，这是否是一个关于先天的影响多过后天的影响的例子呢？然而，当你所有的家人和朋友都爱吃辛辣食物时，你也喜欢吃，这是否是天生呢？

8.Gun control
8.枪支管制

It's not guns that kill people, it's the bullets. In America, citizens have a right to bear arms, which has proven to be dangerous for many other citizens and police over the centuries since the country's birth. On the other hand, large portions of the gun-toting population are careful citizens who have never crossed the law. Why should one group's rights to bear arms be stripped away because another group feels unsafe? Or why should they be allowed to bear those weapons of death among a land of peaceful citizens?
夺人性命的不是枪，而是子弹。在美国，公民有权持枪，而这也被证明是自美国建国几个世纪以来一直存在的威胁公民、警察生命安全的不良因素。然而，从另一方面来看，大部分持枪公民并没有做什么违法乱纪的事情。难道仅仅因为一部分人内心缺少安全感就要剥夺另一部分人的持枪权利吗？可是也有人质疑，在和平的国度让 一些无辜的百姓因为致命武器的存在而提心吊胆真的合理吗？

7.Euthanasia
7.安乐死

Dr. Kevorkian helped many people commit suicide due to their health conditions and their desires. His motives were questioned because all life is supposedly precious, but his patients wanted to move on from their frail existence. What if those patients didn't have a say and we had the opportunity to choose whether they live in agony or die in peace by not giving them medication or a procedure? What is the better option?
科沃基安博士为很多因为身体原因自愿实行安乐死的人实施了安乐死。可是，科沃基安博士的做法也遭到了质疑，人的生命是宝贵的，安乐死是否亵渎了生命？然而，那些病人几近走到生命的尽头，并不想苟延残喘白白受苦，安乐死是否也是对病人意愿的尊重？我们假设病人临死前已无法表达个人意愿，当我们掌握着决定权时，是选择奋力施救让其在鬼门关一搏，还是选择放弃药物与机械抢救，让病人平静地离世呢？是增加痛苦延长生命，还是绝然离世，安然归西？

6.The Death Penalty
6.赞不赞同死刑

Centuries ago, the prevalent rule of thumb was an eye for an eye, or in some cases, a life for a life. So the question becomes have we advanced far enough in our social and political structures to ban the death penalty? Or when is the death penalty justifiable? Is the death penalty appropriate for an accidental homicide? How about for a mass murderer?
几百年以前，普遍的处理人与人之间矛盾的办法就是以牙还牙，在一些情况下还会是以命偿命。于是，问题就来了——人类的社会和政治结构已经足够成熟到废除死刑的地步了吗？死刑什么时候才能够被合理解释？死刑用在意外杀人上面合理吗？用在大屠杀上面呢？

翻译:哈利小王子 来源：前十网