The Denial of the World from an Impartial View
Starting point: And remember, he who rebukes the world is rebuked by the world. (Kipling 1895, 116) The above quote describes the mechanism which ensures that the affirmation of the world prevails. Positively minded people have a better survival value and the survivors are always right. But are the...
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| 520 | |a Starting point: And remember, he who rebukes the world is rebuked by the world. (Kipling 1895, 116) The above quote describes the mechanism which ensures that the affirmation of the world prevails. Positively minded people have a better survival value and the survivors are always right. But are the survivors also the winners? Not from a Buddhist point of view, which suggests that we should rather leave the wheel of reincarnation.Type of Problem: Is our perception of suffering and risk distorted? How would an impartial observer evaluate the world?Method: Two metaphors with the same structure (a happy majority and a suffering individual) but different messages are examined. The first suggests denying the world out of compassion; the second suggests limiting compassion and affirming the world.Using an impartial perspective, the issue of compassion is transformed into an issue of risk. After this transformation the denial of the world can be expressed in terms of uncertainty-aversion.Result: From a strictly hedonistic and impartial perspective it is uncertain if life's chances outweigh the risks. There is no indisputable metric for measuring risks and no reliable forecast. Given this uncertainty the denial of the world cannot easily be dismissed as being irrational. | ||
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