>I am also very sceptical that mental pain can be as great if not greater than physical pain. Would you be more distressed having your leg broken, or your chil

>I am also very sceptical that mental pain can be as great if not greater than physical pain. Would you be more distressed having your leg broken, or your child's leg broken? Would you rather have severe back pain, or live with yourself if you accidentally left your kid in a hot car who then died? These are at least some scenarios where for a lot of people the mental anguish would be greater than physical pain.