Modern hostility targets pain that exceeds a rational conception of the human

Evidence

But it is more precise to put it this way: the modern hostility is not simply to pain, it is to pain that does not accord with a particular conception of being human—and that is therefore in excess. “Excess” is a concept of measure. An essential aspect of the modern attitude to pain rests on a calculus that defines rational (calculable) actions. But another aspect has to do precisely with the aesthetic pursuit of excess. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 607

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the key distinction: hostility to pain is hostility to pain in ‘excess’ of a particular conception of being human, where ‘excess’ is a concept of measure.
• XREF: connects to: People rationally allocate pain and pleasure by target moral sensitivity. — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 137