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Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 3:14 pm Are you suggesting that pain is right? (couldn't pain cause death?)

Pain is right in the sense that we need to be warned of dangers in order to survive.
Pain does not cause death. The cause or source of the pain is what kills.

commonsense wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:45 pm

Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 3:14 pm Are you suggesting that pain is right? (couldn't pain cause death?)

Pain is right in the sense that we need to be warned of dangers in order to survive.
Pain does not cause death. The cause or source of the pain is what kills.

Example please.

PhilX

Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:38 pm "Without pain, humans who want to survive might mistakenly burn themselves on hot stoves, jump off cliffs, stick their fingers into electric sockets or even run with scissors" And with unbearable pain, people commit suicide. And if you touch a hot stove, you could jerk your hand back causing you to trip and fall down cracking your skull and die.

People commit suicide because of unbearable suffering. As for falling and cracking you skull, it is the subarachnoid hemorrhage that kills you.

Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:48 pm

commonsense wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:45 pm

Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 3:14 pm Are you suggesting that pain is right? (couldn't pain cause death?)

Pain is right in the sense that we need to be warned of dangers in order to survive.
Pain does not cause death. The cause or source of the pain is what kills.

Example please.

PhilX

For example, falling down and having a concussion (a bruised brain, if you will) causes pain, which warns us that falling down is a possible danger.

For example, falling down and having a cracked skull (a depressed skull fracture, which results in torn blood vessels that bleed and put pressure on the brain) causes coma but not pain.