This is also a criticism with respect to other humans. Especially when we start talking about humans in comas, vegetative states, or locked-in syndrome. Or heck

This is also a criticism with respect to other humans. Especially when we start talking about humans in comas, vegetative states, or locked-in syndrome. Or heck, even people with congenital insensitivity to pain. At the very least, not everyone values their own suffering the same. Masochists can see it as something to be cultivated, even.