RE: "The Arrival" (Spoiler Free(cause I haven't seen it))
February 6, 2017 at 4:34 pm
(This post was last modified: February 6, 2017 at 4:35 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(February 6, 2017 at 4:29 pm)Khemikal Wrote: What does the suffering of others have to do with you, to make that particular point of comparison valid..as though one must choose between your life and the suffering of others? What is it...exactly...that you -do- with your life.....
Hey... I don't expect you to understand
(February 6, 2017 at 4:33 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(February 6, 2017 at 4:32 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: I think existence can never be a lack because of the asymmetry between pain and pleasure.-a double standard.
If I am never able to experience pleasure that's morally neutral. If i am never able to experience horrific suffering that's a morally good thing.
An asymmetry.
For example... when is my happiness worth the torture of others? When is their happiness worth the torture of me? The answer: never.
Suffering is immoral. Happiness is amoral.