SvetlanaButosky t1_j85xxdk wrote
Do you support the benevolent world explorer full Thanos solution then? lol /s
"I will exterminate all life to save them from suffering." lol
On a serious note, suffering cannot be justified by philosophy, it can only be accepted or rejected based on individual circumstances, you can philosophize as much as you want, but when the stage 4 incurable bone cancer hits, many will choose the quick way out.
Its also true that with the right motivation and goals, people can endure a lot of suffering, just look at Nelson Mandela or any wartime soldiers, dissidents and civil rights advocates in authoritarian countries, they may not even see the result of their hard work and suffering, but they do it anyway because they believe it will benefit others after they are long gone.
I think the key takeaway here is possibility, when you have an incurable disease and just suffering to die, there is no possibility for anything good left, so you will prefer to end it. But to suffer for a noble goal that could be achieved in the future, even if you wont live to see it, is a power motivation to keep going, because its not impossible to win, unlike stage 4 incurable bone cancer. lol
Philosophy cannot justify suffering, but the possibility of circumstances can.
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