> On 23-Dec-2014, at 3:10 am, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bruno Marchal wrote: >> Would do accept to be tortured, here and now, with the promise of 1) >> 1000,000 $, 2) total amnesia of the torture? > > These artificial situations are hard to evaluate. I would say, however, that > people are often prepared to put up with considerable pain and inconvenience > if they think the endpoint is of sufficient importance. Amnesia of the pain > and suffering is not usually a relevant consideration. > A very real situation of great pain being repeatedly endured because the endpoint is of sufficient importance is childbirth that women repeatedly endure. I think selective amnesia has a great role to play in this example! Samiya
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