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27/ In part 1 we saw how a civilizational project based on the aspiration to not cause unnecessary pain was possibly incoherent
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28/ Let's assume majority of humans (not including you and me of course) derive pleasure from causing/witnessing pain as a condition of life
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30/ If you treat desire to cause pain as a pathology and non-harm-causing, you will look for "deviant" conditions that cause this desire
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31/ Let's set aside functional value of pain (learning to endure some pain yourself is maybe good; so causing mutual pain for that is too)
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