PHIL 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Eleonore Stump
15 Sep 2016
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The psychological claim from stump that often we (humans) are moved by and recognize goodness because of prolonged exposure to suffering. Exposure to suffering does not require it to happen directly to you, you could read about it, see it on television, etc. We see goodness in places we normally wouldn"t without this prolonged exposure and then appreciate it. Not always the case, can be the opposite; makes it harder to see goodness. Every time we experience something good it could be tainted. Stump is not making a greater-good argument by saying recognizing goodness after prolonged suffering makes suffering worth it. She spends a great deal of time talking about moral intuition. How to make the world a better place relieve suffering. As seen with weisberger, if all suffering is supposed to make us appreciate goodness, that"s only going to work if we notice the suffering.
