Introduction

Stephen West: What is progress anyway? Are we talking about anything that limits the suffering of others? Do you think that's something we should be trying to do on a regular basis? Is it an intrinsic good that you assign to your life when you're young, on the same level as, no more to day than you did yesterday? Seems tempting to say yes, right? O, after al what kind of person says no to that? You'd have to be some kind o sadistic monster to have a choice between suffering and no suffering.