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Last update: 2024-12-19 Sections: Preparatory notes for this chapter Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential … Preparatory notes for this chapter Might include: Public policy Political Economy World betterment, humanitarianism, disaster relief To what extent are systemic actions for the alleviation of suffering useful to human development? Peace and conflict studies, war Torture UNO, WHO,…

Last update: 2024-11-09 Preparatory notes for this chapter: Migth include: Insurance (private and social) Poverty, unemployment, homelessness, hunger, Welfare, social net, universal basic income, Welfare economics… Short History of Welfare Economics Political Economy https://www.systemicrisk.ac.uk/about-centre-src and https://www.systemicrisk.ac.uk/systemic-risk  …  

Last update: 2024-11-09 Preparatory notes for this chapter: Might include: Charity, philanthropy Social work, social services Conflict theory Souffrance sociale (French) Iain Wilkinson: Sociology of Suffering Sociology of health and illness Victimology, violence Migration, refugees, Panetics, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Siu

Last update: 2024-11-09 Preparatory notes for this chapter: Might include: Criminology, police, prison Human rights, https://www.ohchr.org/en/ohchr_homepage, compilation of documents: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Publications/Compilation1.1en.pdf Animal rights Duties (to help in case of emergency or severe distress) From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffering#Social_sciences: “In law, “Pain and suffering” is a legal term that refers to the mental distress or physical pain endured by a plaintiff…

Last update: 2024-11-09 Preparatory notes for this chapter: Might include: Suffering-focused ethics – See also suffering-focused ethics in Possible contributions from suffering-focused initiatives Ethics in medical care Painism, Prioritarianism, Negative utilitarianism Duty to help …

Last update: 2024-11-09 Preparatory notes for this chapter: Might include: Buddhism Theodicy Positive and negative approach to suffering Hell The different religions’ views on suffering Suffering caused by religion: conflict, war, guilt, fear, punition, hell… …

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Last update: 2024-11-09 Preparatory notes for this chapter: Might include: Philosophy of pain The meaning of suffering How to live well with suffering History of philosophy on the subject of suffering Philosophy as Therapy – Conceptual Models history of phi for suffering cure (compared with psycho and religion !) Epicureanism (a-taraxia), Stoicism (a-patheia)… See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffering#Philosophy…

Last update: 2025-03-14 Welcome to the World Center for the Control of Excessive Suffering! Let’s be clear from the start. Our Center’s mission is to optimally minimize, on a global scale, the occurrences of consciousness that are too unpleasant, according to us. We think this can best be done by systematically addressing the problem of…