- 15 Mar 2003 21:29
#196572
The cause of all suffering is caused by desiring, wanting, etc.
And since suffering is not desirable or desired, the cause of suffering is bad.
And since nothing bad is desired, suffering, caused by desire and wanting, is morally incorrect.
The stronger the desire, therefore, the more incorrect it is morally.
When a desire is not or cannot be satisfied, we suffer.
The cause of this suffering (in most cases) is the desire of someone or something else. (Or, to be less vague, I mean this in two ways: the cause of suffering is the desire of other people, whether collectively or individually--the desires that conflict with our own desires; and our desire for other people and other things.)
For example, a criminal prisoner suffers because he desires to be free, and the cause of his suffering is the justified desire of the people to imprison criminals.
Since anything that is the result of something bad is necessarily bad (otherwise it would not be bad to begin with, because its result would be something good), and since a child is the result of desire, which is the cause of suffering and therefore bad and morally incorrect, and since whatever is the result of something bad is bad, all children are bad, ie., sinful.
The State, therefore, should assume the natural, unalterable sinfulness of all people, and punish them always accordingly. Life should be punishment. It makes us strong, and builds character. (By "punishment" is not meant severe punishment--rigorous education seems fitting to me with regards to original sin.)
And since suffering is not desirable or desired, the cause of suffering is bad.
And since nothing bad is desired, suffering, caused by desire and wanting, is morally incorrect.
The stronger the desire, therefore, the more incorrect it is morally.
When a desire is not or cannot be satisfied, we suffer.
The cause of this suffering (in most cases) is the desire of someone or something else. (Or, to be less vague, I mean this in two ways: the cause of suffering is the desire of other people, whether collectively or individually--the desires that conflict with our own desires; and our desire for other people and other things.)
For example, a criminal prisoner suffers because he desires to be free, and the cause of his suffering is the justified desire of the people to imprison criminals.
Since anything that is the result of something bad is necessarily bad (otherwise it would not be bad to begin with, because its result would be something good), and since a child is the result of desire, which is the cause of suffering and therefore bad and morally incorrect, and since whatever is the result of something bad is bad, all children are bad, ie., sinful.
The State, therefore, should assume the natural, unalterable sinfulness of all people, and punish them always accordingly. Life should be punishment. It makes us strong, and builds character. (By "punishment" is not meant severe punishment--rigorous education seems fitting to me with regards to original sin.)
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