RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?
November 3, 2010 at 8:39 am
(This post was last modified: November 3, 2010 at 8:40 am by Edwardo Piet.)
(November 3, 2010 at 8:29 am)Saerules Wrote: Everyone feels different things, even if the same stimulus is put upon them.Not in the hypothetical case of identical sufferers. Not in my actual argument that you haven't refuted.
Quote: Some people will feel annoyance at getting a pinprick... some will feel anger... others will feel amusement... others will cry...[...]They will all feel the same identical level of suffering otherwise they wouldn't be suffering identically.
Quote:And if they really are all suffering 'identically',Which can only be the case in my actual argument because that is what I'm addressing.
Quote: then the group that has 10,000 people in it still would be happier without suffering that much, and again:That isn't my argument. I'm addressing sufferers suffering identically which equates by definition to identical suffering to all sufferers (because suffering requires a sufferer.).
