For J.S. Mill, decreasing pain and increasing pleasure is good. However, not all pleasure is the same. Mill argues that intellectual pleasures are superior to bodily pleasures (Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter 2).…
Sontag, Susan. “Regarding the Pain of Others”. Caroline Shrodes, et.al, Eds. The Conscious Reader. Boston: Longman P. 2012.…
This quotation shows pain is a very good thing which pain makes people grow up. Just like people learn from their mistakes, pain is also a way to teach people some lessons. No pain no gain, because of the pain we learn and we know our life is difficult. We know our path of life is full of ups and downs. During this path we become more mature.…
Often times when individuals have to go through an experience that impacts individuals significantly or very little, they may not realize what the most efficient choice would be. They may look for an easy way out of the situation or they may have a completely different perspective towards the problem after the experience. As in result, any choice that individuals make can impact them and make them realize if their choice was appropriate and will hopefully learn from their mistakes or little imperfections.…
Ethical – prescriptive – People ought to be are motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain…
A being that has the capacity for pain and suffering has an interest in avoiding pain and suffering.…
p3: Pain is bad, joy is good. If a thing causes more good things than bad things, then it is better.…
Cited: Winslade, William J., Dr. "Taken to the Limits: Pain, Identity, and Self-Transformation." Dax 's Case (n.d.): 115-30. Print.…
* No one escapes pain and suffering, Some hurts are related to personal causes. Other pain is brought about by Underlying causes.…
Do you know what happiness is? It’s an odd thing to think about because happiness comes so easy for most people. Happiness can be anything from a loved one smiling, a puppy stretching, or the full feeling after a yummy meal. Although, when we are down in the dumps how can we still find that happiness? We can revolutionize our own happiness along with others by using, what I like to call, the happy methods.…
Happiness in itself is a virtue, that’s fact. Without it no society would proceed to function, and there would be no value in life. The only problem about happiness is it naturally doesn’t exist at all times, and is directly influenced by different emotions. It is like the phrase ‘you don’t know how good something is till it’s gone’. The meaning behind this is that without feeling sad, angry, or hurt emotions the good feelings would feel dull and numbs them ultimately causing depression. For humans on earth it is vital while on the path to enlightenment and peace to experience pain, or suffering (also meaning that suffering is how you feel while going through it, ie. your experience) in order to feel greater and comprehensive happiness. While a person feels pain, their mind presents images of better times or thoughts, maybe a person they love, or a place that made them happy to try and distract…
What they were all responding to was the force of Levitt’s underly- ing belief: that the modern world, despite a surfeit of obfuscation, complication, and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not un- knowable, and—if the right questions are asked—is even more in- triguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. - Stephen J. Dubner.…
In Utilitarianism, Mill argues if we try to live our lives in a way that is free of pain and full of pleasure, we forget that life is full of discomfort and that it is how it’s supposed to be. Living day to day as a Utilitarian will quickly become exhausting, “…better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied…”. People must have intellectual or physical pursuits that give them joy. Everyone has things that they do…
Any form of suffering should become a well made an effort for anyone to help relieve others suffering. In “Is Art a Waste of Time?” Rhys Southan describes the Effective Altruism movement and states how altruists live by the philosophy of improving the world by relieving human and animal suffering (Southan). I agree with the intentions of the EA movement. The pain felt by others is not acceptable when many people have the resources to help those who suffer. As an individual who wishes for every being to live comfortably in life, I can support the EA. However, my practices of helping others differ from the practices that the EA would usually use.…
Plato, a Greeek philospopher, believes that Hedonism is false and forms an argument against it through the voice of Socrates. Hedonism refers to the view that says pleasure is intrinsically good and that pain is intrinsically evil. Also, that the goal of life is to achieve pleasure and avoid pain.…