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View submission: /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | January 27, 2025
Also, the existence of "pain as pleasure" or "pleasure as pain" put a grey area on this concept which isn't easily explained away.
Which would imply that hedonistic sensory approaches in and of themselves (like masochists) rule out the avoidance of pain and heightening of pleasure. As well, experiential and environmental differences can change someone's perception of, pleasure and pain.
Objective oriented people, seem to forgo both for an objective.
Comment by Choice-Box1279 at 01/02/2025 at 18:22 UTC
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why does it put it in a grey area? Masochism is clear to me as certain people deriving pleasure from pain.
The hedonism isn't based on sensory things but the actual brain rewards they trigger. For example a masochist may come to associate physical pain with its corresponding reward completely destroying the conventional pain sensation normal associated with, a comparison would be with hard drugs users injecting themselves.