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Note how your answer equally works whether the question is "why not avoid extra sugar?", "why not quit smoking?", "why not abstain from drugs?", "why require co
by throwaway290 4y ago
Note how your answer equally works whether the question is "why not avoid extra sugar?", "why not quit smoking?", "why not abstain from drugs?", "why require consent?", etc.
There is value in not deriving pleasure just as there is value in deriving pleasure. In fact, I don't really know what you mean by "value", but I would not be at all surprised if deriving personal pleasure were found to be orthogonal even to own satisfaction overall.
- throwaway290 4y agoUpon reflection, I don't even think I share your meaning of "pleasure". Yours appears to be heavily influenced by big corporations's marketing departments. I used to smoke and consume sugar excessively and every time made me feel good, yet I overall better when I don't do those things. There are no ads that show you that, of course.