ObjectiveSufferingTheory

Objective Suffering Theory
This is a theory of values which states that the source of all values relates to the phenomena of pleasure and suffering, emphasizing the latter by elevating only suffering beyond subjectivity into objectively negative value. Suffering is seen as the fundamental unit on the pain-pleasure scale, and its elimination is said to amount to a zero-sum. Thus any real social construct can at most only minimize suffering. The proponent of this view is led to conclude that only a simulated virtual reality is ultimately the only hope for a truly positive environment for an otherwise vulnerable consciousness, since in this way one would be separated from the root source of negative value, that is existence in biological nature.


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