"Consequential Suffering"
Consequential Suffering:
In all situations there is a high probability that there will be both negative and positive factors that have derived from the actions of an individual that has embarked on a course of action that may be seen by others as being not of a sound choice. In this situation there comes into play the effect of “consequential suffering” offering a symptom of acquired consequential suffering, loss and consequential gain for another; there is opportunity to make money.
How might this manifest?
In insurance terms there is such a thing as insuring against consequential loss, loss that has transpired from an incident such as a fire or vehicle accident that provides a measure of reinstatement to make good or compensate for a loss. This might particularly apply in the case of a business being stopped for reasons beyond its control and the consequences of that stoppage will be a loss of profits; or fixed expenditure that cannot be avoided, this is the consequential loss that can be insured against. This may be facility open to businesses should they chose to make use of it, of course it will cost subject to an assessment of risk and aims to do no more than reinstate to a point no worse or better than before the effect of the incident that gave rise to the consequential loss. From this it is clear that for those providing the insurance, although they have to cover the risk and subsequent pay-out, the risk is spread out across all participating in the unified insurance scheme and those involved in offering insurance make money out of the consequential suffering.
There is though other fields that are also profitable to be engaged in that take advantage of individual ineptness of self management / control
Take an example of someone that habitually eats excessively or smokes; much against the advice of better judgment provided by medical expert. The negative consequence may well be that the individual becomes obese to the extent that they are in danger of being unhealthy, inactive, require some form of care and may eventually die from being too fat. A similar script could be outlined for the heavy smoker, again against the evidence and advice of expert judgment, giving rise to bad health, poor lung capacity, lung disease, medicinal care or death. All of this is the negative result derived from the decisions made to participate in unwise and dangerous self inflicted unnecessary choices. Why some would choose to undertake an obvious course of actions that results in a poor quality of life and perhaps a much earlier death, could be as a result of limited information on the dangers, under education or on poor conducive social pressures. Never the less the outcome is the same, consequential suffering, giving opportunity to others to take advantage of that suffering. Although this seems mercenary, it is a opportunity of choice both for the provider of the opportunity that may have created the situation from which the consequential suffering stems and for the participants that seek to offer ‘assistance’ to ameliorate their situation, in all still there is perhaps an element of choice to not be in such a situation at all. However, in the first instance such suffering may well be a burden initially on the individual themselves and then moving to near dependants who may or may not be in a position to offer support. Without any supported or assistance the consequences of the individual suffering become more dire generating a miserable outcome for them with only four ways of mitigating the situation.
Utilising their own finances to buy assistance, attempt to have whatever state support can be got, reliant on charity, or obtaining premature death (euthanasia)
Fortunately to balance the above gloomy prognoses there is the ongoing benefit side: someone, somewhere, can make money out of self inflicted harm or indeed accident misfortune. And in this context there is, so far as one can see many opportunities to be paid to pick up the plus side of consequential suffering. For instance being a doctor, dentist, nurse, solicitor, insurance broker, computer fixer, health care worker and of other similar categories, all offer scope to make money; some are better paid than others and the game will be to find or develop a ‘niche’ that can be charged for to extract remuneration from and for consequential suffering.
Unfortunately as some consequential suffering is self induced and is often with little attempt to avoid it or actively giving recognition of the damage being done and thereby seeking a better condition; so long as humans develop habitual conditioning that may trap them into a detrimental state, there will always be a golden opportunity. Sadly the same situation applies to those that are not on a path of self destruction and are simple hurt with unwarranted and unforeseen suffering. Some things are just a part of life. There is no right or wrong, nor good or bad in gaining rewards from others consequential sufferings, even though there may be individual moral conflict in receiving such rewards; the consequential suffering cannot be judge as deserved karma for although for some humans the consequences are unsought, they also suffer and are of the same monetary value to someone. In which case it is as well that the mark of a good society and a civilised one is to insure that such suffering is manage by a universal safety-net that gives support to avoid destitution from the consequential suffering, to be humane, to ease within reason, the additional hardship that can befall a possible blameless life style that has become undermined by the impact of consequential suffering.
On behalf of Christian Moulsdale.
234100730
© Renot 2010
In all situations there is a high probability that there will be both negative and positive factors that have derived from the actions of an individual that has embarked on a course of action that may be seen by others as being not of a sound choice. In this situation there comes into play the effect of “consequential suffering” offering a symptom of acquired consequential suffering, loss and consequential gain for another; there is opportunity to make money.
How might this manifest?
In insurance terms there is such a thing as insuring against consequential loss, loss that has transpired from an incident such as a fire or vehicle accident that provides a measure of reinstatement to make good or compensate for a loss. This might particularly apply in the case of a business being stopped for reasons beyond its control and the consequences of that stoppage will be a loss of profits; or fixed expenditure that cannot be avoided, this is the consequential loss that can be insured against. This may be facility open to businesses should they chose to make use of it, of course it will cost subject to an assessment of risk and aims to do no more than reinstate to a point no worse or better than before the effect of the incident that gave rise to the consequential loss. From this it is clear that for those providing the insurance, although they have to cover the risk and subsequent pay-out, the risk is spread out across all participating in the unified insurance scheme and those involved in offering insurance make money out of the consequential suffering.
There is though other fields that are also profitable to be engaged in that take advantage of individual ineptness of self management / control
Take an example of someone that habitually eats excessively or smokes; much against the advice of better judgment provided by medical expert. The negative consequence may well be that the individual becomes obese to the extent that they are in danger of being unhealthy, inactive, require some form of care and may eventually die from being too fat. A similar script could be outlined for the heavy smoker, again against the evidence and advice of expert judgment, giving rise to bad health, poor lung capacity, lung disease, medicinal care or death. All of this is the negative result derived from the decisions made to participate in unwise and dangerous self inflicted unnecessary choices. Why some would choose to undertake an obvious course of actions that results in a poor quality of life and perhaps a much earlier death, could be as a result of limited information on the dangers, under education or on poor conducive social pressures. Never the less the outcome is the same, consequential suffering, giving opportunity to others to take advantage of that suffering. Although this seems mercenary, it is a opportunity of choice both for the provider of the opportunity that may have created the situation from which the consequential suffering stems and for the participants that seek to offer ‘assistance’ to ameliorate their situation, in all still there is perhaps an element of choice to not be in such a situation at all. However, in the first instance such suffering may well be a burden initially on the individual themselves and then moving to near dependants who may or may not be in a position to offer support. Without any supported or assistance the consequences of the individual suffering become more dire generating a miserable outcome for them with only four ways of mitigating the situation.
Utilising their own finances to buy assistance, attempt to have whatever state support can be got, reliant on charity, or obtaining premature death (euthanasia)
Fortunately to balance the above gloomy prognoses there is the ongoing benefit side: someone, somewhere, can make money out of self inflicted harm or indeed accident misfortune. And in this context there is, so far as one can see many opportunities to be paid to pick up the plus side of consequential suffering. For instance being a doctor, dentist, nurse, solicitor, insurance broker, computer fixer, health care worker and of other similar categories, all offer scope to make money; some are better paid than others and the game will be to find or develop a ‘niche’ that can be charged for to extract remuneration from and for consequential suffering.
Unfortunately as some consequential suffering is self induced and is often with little attempt to avoid it or actively giving recognition of the damage being done and thereby seeking a better condition; so long as humans develop habitual conditioning that may trap them into a detrimental state, there will always be a golden opportunity. Sadly the same situation applies to those that are not on a path of self destruction and are simple hurt with unwarranted and unforeseen suffering. Some things are just a part of life. There is no right or wrong, nor good or bad in gaining rewards from others consequential sufferings, even though there may be individual moral conflict in receiving such rewards; the consequential suffering cannot be judge as deserved karma for although for some humans the consequences are unsought, they also suffer and are of the same monetary value to someone. In which case it is as well that the mark of a good society and a civilised one is to insure that such suffering is manage by a universal safety-net that gives support to avoid destitution from the consequential suffering, to be humane, to ease within reason, the additional hardship that can befall a possible blameless life style that has become undermined by the impact of consequential suffering.
On behalf of Christian Moulsdale.
234100730
© Renot 2010
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