Posted by 838 on March 9, 2006, at 17:35:51
In reply to Re: civility » Dr. Bob, posted by gardenergirl on March 9, 2006, at 10:21:26
> > I'd prefer for them not to feel hurt in the first place.
> Ouch! That sounds to me like feeling hurt is somehow "bad" or "wrong".
Yeah,it doesn't imply that...
It is just that pain is something that tends to be avoided, and pleasure is something that tends to be sought out - by definition (? maybe). There is a literature on that (if you are interested)...If there was an experience of phenomenological pain (just like how pain feels) but these alien creatures were wired up in such a way that they purposely sought it out...
Then would the phenomenological experience be pleasurable for them?
Or would there just be a different behaviour associated with the pain?aka is pain essentially aversive.
(ack. i've been working too hard)
;-)
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