Perspective: Progressives, C.S. Lewis and the 'problem of pain'
In much of today’s progressive politics, the highest moral good seems to be the elimination of human suffering and pain. To some, this is not an abstract concept, but a moral imperative. While it may sound like science fiction, the British philosopher David Pearce promotes the transhumanist idea that we must merge the human body with machines to eliminate pain altogether, going as far as to say that “the world’s last unpleasant experience will be a precisely dateable event.”
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