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Originally Posted by Shamou  Would you mind showing me an instance where ultimately pain was chosen over pleasure... I don't mean at the time that the decision was taken... but as an end product.. |
In the Virginia Tech shootings there were brave people, including a brave teacher, who chose the pain of death and leaving life and his family to protect others. He chose the ultimate sacrifice over personal pleasure. His values guided him over his personal pleasure. You may say that it was a pleasure for him to give up his life for a cause, but I would disagree. Pain/pleasure were not part of the equation. Values and principles were. He put aside personal pleasure in order to act according to his values and principles.