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This essay explores the subjective versus objective nature of suffering. It proposes that suffering is the experienced gap between reality and desired states, impacting bioethics and personal values.

Keywords:

Eric Cassell History of Science objectivity phenomenology suffering

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Area of Science:

Bioethics
Philosophy of Medicine

Background:

The nature of suffering is debated: is it subjective (personal experience) or objective (natural phenomenon)?
This distinction has significant ethical and political implications.

Purpose of the Study:

To clarify the subjective versus objective debate in suffering scholarship.
To examine the history of objectivity and Eric Cassell's theory of suffering.

Main Methods:

Historical analysis of the concept of objectivity.
Philosophical examination of Eric Cassell's theory of suffering.

Main Results:

Suffering scholarship lacks a clear definition.
Eric Cassell's theory offers insights into suffering's nature.

Conclusions:

A novel, tentative definition of suffering is proposed.
Suffering is defined as the experience of a gap between how things are and how they ought to be.