tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post5413070155878429381..comments2024-03-28T08:30:20.260+01:00Comments on The Ugley Vicar: Better Never to Have Been?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-6151948953893371352013-04-03T15:14:24.266+01:002013-04-03T15:14:24.266+01:00Will Self, professor of contemporary thought: &quo...Will Self, professor of contemporary thought: "There seems to be this view abroad that marriage is only made of a man and a woman, whatever they may be".<br /><br />When a man cannot recognise the physical reality of his own body, what chance does that man have of recognising his own life?<br /><br />With regard to life and suffering, Benatar is doing what those in favour of abortion have to do: throw language at the truth, and hope people fall between the cracks in his language.<br /><br />Suffering is a possibility arising from being alive (there is no possibility of snooker balls suffering. They cannot suffer because they are not alive). But "cannot" is not the same as "do not". If we are not alive, we cannot suffer (suffering is an impossibility). If we are alive, we can suffer (suffering is a possibility). That possibility allows us to experience "i do suffer", and "i do not suffer". Benatar experiences "i do suffer", and his answer is "i cannot live". But in not living, it is no longer possible for him to experience "i do not suffer". In contrast, our answer to our experiencing "i do suffer" can be "i can live".gentlemindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14549906963144474241noreply@blogger.com