Ah well fair enough that makes a lot of sense. I think he could have worded it a bit better, although judging by your upvotes I probably just missed the point!
Having said that I still think it’s quite natural to consider a life where it feels like you’re eating muzak and potatoes all the time to be very boring, which of course would be a mistake given that such a life is supposed to be entirely painless.
Indeed I don’t think it helps that Parfit calls it a “drab existence”. “Drab” is a negative word, but Parfit’s “drab existence” is actually supposed to be completely lacking in anything negative.
Ah well fair enough that makes a lot of sense. I think he could have worded it a bit better, although judging by your upvotes I probably just missed the point!
Having said that I still think it’s quite natural to consider a life where it feels like you’re eating muzak and potatoes all the time to be very boring, which of course would be a mistake given that such a life is supposed to be entirely painless.
Indeed I don’t think it helps that Parfit calls it a “drab existence”. “Drab” is a negative word, but Parfit’s “drab existence” is actually supposed to be completely lacking in anything negative.