Why Avoidable Suffering Matters
If a being can suffer, then what happens to that being matters. This does not solve every moral question, but it gives suffering serious ethical weight.
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Suffering Reduction
The practical and ethical aim of reducing avoidable suffering wherever possible.
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The Buddha
Religious leader · c. 5th century BCE · Buddhism, suffering, mind, ethics
The Buddha is important to Truth By Reason because his teaching placed suffering, craving, impermanence and mental discipline at the centre of human inquiry.
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