Scheler’s ethics holds that growth and love are inseparable from pain and sacrifice.

Evidence

Philosophies of ethics usually define moral patiency, in turn, as the capacity to be acted upon in ways that can be evaluated as good or evil. The moral evaluation of the action of shooting a rifle, for example, varies dramatically depending on whether the gun is aimed at an old tin can, a duck, a kitten, or a schoolyard. Moral evaluations arise when the target of the action has rights or interests and can be harmed or helped by an action (McPherson, 1984). Such harm or help hinges on the perceived ability of the target to experience events as pleasurable or painful. In other words, moral patients are entities that are sensitive to pain or pleasure, or at least those that appreciate the significance of events for potential pleasure or pain (Bernstein, 1998). — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 14 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Moral patiency rests on a target’s perceived capacity for pain and pleasure. — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 14

Broader Connections

• Moral patiency rests on a target’s perceived capacity for pain and pleasure. #complicates (0.72) — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 14