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...wrote. “Bentham’s doctrines of greatest happiness and conditional obligation do not protect rights at all,” Chertoff said. “To the utilitarians, the only reason why civil rights should be respected would be that more pleasure is attained or pain avoided by general respect for them.” Chertoff also attacked what he saw as the lack of safeguards for the rights of the minority in Bentham’s philosophy. “[Bentham’s] main effort was directed against what he conceived...
...genetics gear us toward solid, supportive relationships. It is through these that we survive." Just as strong bonds are the path to avoiding depression, so they're the only escape route from its grip. Fortinberry says her depression was cured by her relationship with Murray. Antidepressants can only mask pain, she adds, while cognitive behavioral therapy is inherently flawed because it assumes that healing occurs from the inside out when really it happens from the outside...
Sussman pulled out conversational pieces, including an MIT button that read “Nerd Pride” and her business card, which identified her as a “Professional P.P.A.—Professional Pain...
Elaborating on this idea of simultaneity, Palmer said that the book emphasizes “what it means to be alive and well at the same moment as others are in distress, and what we can do to respond to others’ pain...It’s so much about personal engagement and personal choice,” he said...
...Olympic pairs must be their own worst critics in Torino because when you're sliding down a track at 130 km/h or throwing a skating partner in the air, mistakes won't just hurt your score. Says luger Martin: "If we screw up here, the consequence is pain...