Free Will (115)

75 Name: dmpk2k!hinhT6kz2E : 2007-03-03 01:38 ID:Heaven

> The pleasure I get from knowing I saved the lives of my loved ones, however brief, would outweigh the grief/guilt I would feel the rest of my life if I had lived.

Grief or guilt? That's not maximizing pleasure, dear friend. That's minimizing pain.

Also, believing that relief for your family compensates for the complete loss of any potential pleasure in the future is a bit dubious in my opinion. A single dose of heroin probably has a more profound effect, and you can take a whole lot of those in one lifetime...

You might find the topic of Pavlovian or operant conditioning to be of interest.

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