Or is this just one of those things you’re not supposed to think too hard about?

(Edit) lmao, people who’ve never heard this mantra whenever you say that maybe there should be less suffering in the world… I envy you.

  • naught101@lemmy.world
    15·
    3 days ago

    No, it’s not. It’s saying that any amount of suffering is bad, but a tolerable amount of suffering can have good secondary effects (but this is not guaranteed, it’s circumstantial). The secondary good doesn’t mean that the bad part didn’t happen.

    • dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      26·
      3 days ago

      So we agree. Suffering has both good and bad parts.
      So you can’t say suffering is (always) bad, because it can have good (secondary) effects.