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ShalmaneserIII t1_itdv08w wrote

Reply to comment by MyNameIsNonYaBizniz in The real practical value of philosophy comes not through focusing on the ‘ideal’ life, but through helping us deal with life’s inevitable suffering: MIT professor Kieran Setiya on how philosophy can help us navigate loneliness, grief, failure, injustice, & the absurd. by philosophybreak

And there are billions who do enjoy life. Are those examples you list a reason why those billions should not live and enjoy life?

Again, "I'm not happy, therefore you shouldn't exist" is the position of the school shooter, not a rational human being.

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MyNameIsNonYaBizniz t1_itffwzl wrote

Read my replies again, carefully, because you are missing the point entirely.

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ShalmaneserIII t1_itfguhp wrote

You're saying that the suffering of some means the joy of the majority can't be justified, and it would be better if they all didn't exist, yes?

And yet, for those of us who do enjoy life, this is justified.

Now this puts you in something of a state if we take you at your word- you're surrounded by a planet full of psychopaths who will gleefully bring into existence those who suffer just to share what they deem a pleasure with others, generation after generation, era after era.

And yet, you wish to continue living among such sadists. Why is that?

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MyNameIsNonYaBizniz t1_itfhh6t wrote

>You're saying that the suffering of some means the joy of the majority can't be justified, and it would be better if they all didn't exist, yes?

Nope, read all the replies again, from the very top.

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