I think that I found a better way to express myself.
Level 1: torture, agony. Depending on the type of torture, I could stand this level only for some second/minutes/hours.
Level 2: pain, depression, very low life quality. I could stand this level for some days/months/years.
Level 3: annoyance. I can stand this level. (especially if the annoyance is not constant.)
Level 4: Eudaimonia. I want to be in this level.
I think that to ignore human pain tolerance only to simplify our ethical system is wrong, for instance this means that I won’t tolerate years of torture to avoid annoyances, only to avoid greater/longer torture. So I think that I have different utility functions that I apply in a hierarchical order.
Then I use empathy and I don’t do to others what I won’t do to myself. Surely if someone has a different pain tolerance I will consider it. However I don’t think that someone would tolerate 50 years of torture.
I think that I found a better way to express myself.
Level 1: torture, agony. Depending on the type of torture, I could stand this level only for some second/minutes/hours.
Level 2: pain, depression, very low life quality. I could stand this level for some days/months/years.
Level 3: annoyance. I can stand this level. (especially if the annoyance is not constant.)
Level 4: Eudaimonia. I want to be in this level.
I think that to ignore human pain tolerance only to simplify our ethical system is wrong, for instance this means that I won’t tolerate years of torture to avoid annoyances, only to avoid greater/longer torture. So I think that I have different utility functions that I apply in a hierarchical order.
Then I use empathy and I don’t do to others what I won’t do to myself. Surely if someone has a different pain tolerance I will consider it. However I don’t think that someone would tolerate 50 years of torture.