[Buddha-l] distortions and generalizations

[Stefan Detrez]

Hi Elihu,

I wonder how you qualify and/or quantify 'suffering'. It is one of the core
problems of utilitarianism. How do you measure 'suffering'? Is there an
objective standard, or maybe, subjective standard, to do that?
I think it's fair to do comparisons after having established a
comprehensible definition of suffering. Good luck to whomever wrote the
piece you cite!

Stefan


2006/10/10, Elihu Smith <elihusmith at yahoo.com>:
>
> "No country on earth produces more
> unnecessary
> suffering right now than my home and native land"
>
> Russia's treatment of Chechnya, China's  treatment of
> the Uighers, Tibet and so forth, N. Korea's treatment
> and starvation of its population except for the party
> and military elite, Darfur genocide in Sudan, etc.
> etc. There are so many cases of countries producing
> much much more suffering right now! The distortions
> and generalizations in the fixed anti-US position do
> not support truth or clarity.
>
> Peace,
>
> Elihu
>
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