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The word unpleasantness, which some people use as a synonym of suffering or pain in the broad sense, may refer to the basic affective dimension of pain (its suffering aspect), usually in contrast with the sensory dimension, as for instance in this sentence: "Pain-unpleasantness is often, though not always, closely linked to both the intensity ...
A euphemism (/ ˈ juː f ə m ɪ z əm / YOO-fə-miz-əm) is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant. [1] Some euphemisms are intended to amuse, while others use bland, inoffensive terms for concepts that the user wishes to downplay.
Later translators have emphasized that "suffering" is a too limited translation for the term duḥkha, and have preferred to either leave the term untranslated, [15] or to clarify that translation with terms such as anxiety, distress, frustration, unease, unsatisfactoriness, not having what one wants, having what one doesn't want, etc. [18] [19 ...
The second is that "instead of counting past preferences, one could look at the matter in terms of life-goals. The earlier the death of a person who wants to go on living, the more unfulfilled her life-goal." [6] The Negative Utilitarianism FAQ also replies to Arrhenius and Bykvist's second type of criticism. The reply is (in part) that the ...
In everyday language, the term "pleasure" is primarily associated with sensory pleasures like the enjoyment of food or sex. [7] One traditionally important quality-theory closely follows this association by holding that pleasure is a sensation. On the simplest version of the sensation theory, whenever we experience pleasure there is a ...
Todd Bridges is proud of the work he's put in to reach three decades of sobriety.. The Diff’rent Strokes alum, 59, appeared on the latest episode of the Allison Interviews podcast and opened up ...
One reason Tesla fought to reinstate the original accord, rather than fashion a new one, is the potential cost to replace it. In its 2018 proxy statement, Tesla said it took a $2.3 billion ...
Indiana may not have been one of the very best teams in college football, but a team that goes 11-1 in a power conference was always going to be a foregone conclusion to make the 12-team College ...