strategy
Accepting voluntary suffering
Synonyms:
Suffering voluntarily Description:
Accepting physical and spiritual pain when appropriately motivated and in right circumstances, benefits not only the individual but also the larger society. Context:
Voluntary suffering is not only a part of the religious life but happens among families and friends, or anyone who is willing to set aside his own comfort for the benefit of others. Claim:
Voluntary suffering has a place in authentic asceticism, is required in the pursuit of perfection and is basic to a truly humane morality. Counter Claim:
Voluntary suffering is a form of masochism. In addition, it is used as an argument by movements to make people docilely accept discipline and obedience. Narrower:
Refusing to eatMortifying the fleshVolunteering for military serviceReducing commodity production shortfalls Constrained by:
Relieving misery Facilitates:
Promoting voluntary human extinctionSuffering Problems:
Voluntary physical sufferingValues:
SufferingVoluntaryInvoluntary Subjects:
Social Activity → VoluntaryType Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies