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Originally posted by noahfor
Ok. Why is pain bad? Why is happiness good? What are we using to judge these perceptions?
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Ask yourself if we could live without pain, literally. You might hurt yourself and not even know it, then let the wound fester and eventually lose the limb. This sort of things happens to people with Hansen's Disease (leprosy), which decreases sensation in the limbs.
Somebody once said, "Pain is the great teacher of mankind, beneath its breath souls develop." I personally have had problems in my life that I have not wanted to confront until I was forced to by the pain they caused. And when I did face them, the pain stopped and my life proceeded. Pain can be a motivator to do that which we must but do not want to.
Pain is a necessary part of life. Taking actions to cause other people pain unnecessarily _is_ bad, especially if done particularly for your own gratification or gain. You deny their humanity by ignoring the pain you cause them.