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At an inter-disciplinary conference on “pain” several years ago, I struggled to make sense of the first-couple of presentations because the presenters used the words ‘pain’and ‘suffering’ interchangeably. Of course, it’s ordinary linguistic practice to use the word ‘pain’ (and synonyms for pain like ‘hurt’, ‘ache’, and ‘painful’) to refer to suffering. It’s normal toContinue reading “Pain is not suffering, and suffering is not pain”