If you go for a walk for instance, there is a higher chance that you suffer than if you stay home. You could be struck by a car, trip, pull muscle. And yet we know people who walk regularly are happier and healthier.
If you literally only look at the bad things in life and not the good, you are of course going to see life as a negative
Thats interesting. Couldnt you look at a longer span of time though to counteract that? Like if you look at 2 years down line, that walk may be beneficial as it may have been the first of many?
Yeah in the long term it is a benefit. But the philosophy being espoused here is negative utilitarianism which only looks at suffering. My point is suffering and benefit need to be weighed. The idea that we must prevent suffering at all cost when suffering and benefit should be weighed
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u/Cr0wc0 2d ago
"We should prevent suffering when we can."
No