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Originally Posted by mindmechanic
@ Anne2.0: . . . I see view minimizing pain and suffering as the greatest virtue of life. I feel that it's the wisest and virtuous thing to do. That's why I wonder, too, that given this line of reasoning, the therapist should move back here because her physical presence for patients would result in a greater decrease in pain and suffering. If there is more objective pain and suffering in Boston, then I understand her staying there. But by the sounds of it, her grandson may be fine. Even if her grandson is not fine, that is one life compared to 15 to 20 lives in another state where her patients are at. |
This is your value system -- it may not be hers. That's something I have had a very hard time learning to understand. When I had a value system that I thought was "right", then I thought that it was "right" for everybody, that everybody would agree and accept it. But, though value systems
seem logical, at least to me, and they can seem like "the truth", they are not the same truth, apparently, for everybody, not in the sense that 2 + 2 = 4. This may seem obvious, but it wasn't to me. So I apologize if it's obvious to you already. But, if not, I thought it might be interesting.