But the byproduct must be weighed into the total. To determine suffering is valuable as a whole you have to come to the conclusion that a child being sexually abused is worth the gain. I cannot come to that conclusion.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
