Decision-makers and commentators need to take into account not only the economic but also the social and political consequences of certain policy responses or the transnational costs of not taking swift and decisive decisions. If Europeans disregard Kant’s categorical imperative – i.e., don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you – they should not be astonished if the European Union comes to a standstill or even implodes.
对此政策制定者和时事评论员不但要考虑经济方面的，还必须考虑特定的政策反应或者不采取迅速果断决策所导致的跨国成本所造成的社会和政治影响。如果欧洲人把康德的“绝对命令”——比如“己所不欲勿施于人”——置诸脑后，那么他们在发现欧盟陷入停滞或者内部分裂之时就别那么大惊小怪了。