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Topic	Life is largely about waiting to die.
LeningradCowboy 11/25/17 12:01:35 AM #88:	CiIantro posted... LeningradCowboy posted... That's a pretty unsubstantiated claim. You'd have to be able to accurately gauge the feelings of euphoria and psychological turmoil in each subject before reaching that conclusion. And by what standard should society seek to maximize net happiness? People have varying ideas as to what brings about happiness, which in itself cause societal conflict. I think it is a pretty safe bet that causing someone a lifetime of trauma and PTSD creates more pain than any joy the perpetrator could derive. I guess you could argue the opposite, but that is pretty fringe. And in terms of what defines happiness, that depends on the philosophical school of thought. In hedonism, happiness is defined as physical/sensory pleasure. What if after a relatively brief period of torture and rape, the victim was murdered? Very little pain in the long run. Physical/sensory pleasure? Someone might find torture funny, rape arousing, and murder calming to the mind. By what rule of logic do you give meaning to a person's emotional health anyway? You believe it's all just chemical reactions, correct? <cite>LeningradCowboy posted [p:891012144] in Life is la... [t:76026870]...</cite> <quote><cite>CiIantro posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LeningradCowboy posted...</cite> <quote>That's a pretty unsubstantiated claim. You'd have to be able to accurately gauge the feelings of euphoria and psychological turmoil in each subject before reaching that conclusion. And by what standard should society seek to maximize net happiness? People have varying ideas as to what brings about happiness, which in itself cause societal conflict.</quote> I think it is a pretty safe bet that causing someone a lifetime of trauma and PTSD creates more pain than any joy the perpetrator could derive. I guess you could argue the opposite, but that is pretty fringe. And in terms of what defines happiness, that depends on the philosophical school of thought. In hedonism, happiness is defined as physical/sensory pleasure.</quote> What if after a relatively brief period of torture and rape, the victim was murdered? Very little pain in the long run. Physical/sensory pleasure? Someone might find torture funny, rape arousing, and murder calming to the mind. By what rule of logic do you give meaning to a person's emotional health anyway? You believe it's all just chemical reactions, correct?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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