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  • Medical Ethics
  • Philosophy of Emotion

Background:

  • Ethicists often attribute special moral significance to suffering.
  • The alleviation of human suffering is frequently considered a primary goal of medicine.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine if suffering, defined as distress in response to threats to valued things, possesses special moral significance.
  • To evaluate the claim that suffering uniquely impacts moral obligations and value.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of the value-based account of suffering.
  • Examination of the role of negative emotions in moral reasoning.

Main Results:

  • Suffering does not significantly enhance the value of other human interests.
  • Suffering rarely alters moral obligations in itself.
  • The perceived moral relevance of suffering stems from its association with important interests.

Conclusions:

  • Negative emotions have limited moral significance.
  • The primary function of negative emotions is to indicate the importance of non-emotional goods.
  • The claim that suffering has special moral significance is not supported by a value-based account.