Oh, I see. I’ve been confusing happiness as a state of present bliss with happiness as a positive feeling regarding a situation, which are not quite the same thing. Excellent reply, thank you.
Alternately, imagine the pill would alter the structure of her mind so that she would become the sort of being that would be happy about her children dying?
So even in the case where it relates to situations, one might reject such a pill.
Oh, I see. I’ve been confusing happiness as a state of present bliss with happiness as a positive feeling regarding a situation, which are not quite the same thing. Excellent reply, thank you.
Alternately, imagine the pill would alter the structure of her mind so that she would become the sort of being that would be happy about her children dying?
So even in the case where it relates to situations, one might reject such a pill.