"You think you're the only ones who matter. You think you can put off death. But that peace made you foolish and thoughtless. If you kill someone, someone else will kill you… this hatred binds us together. I want you to feel Pain, to think about Pain, to accept Pain, to know Pain."
To learn about the philosophy of Pain, first, we must look at Pain’s life, to see what influenced his mind and actions. Pain was not always known as “Pain,” but as Nagato. Nagato was born in The Village Hidden in the Rain during the Second Shinobi War. As a child, he had the Rinnegan implanted into his eyes by Madara Uchiha. This was done in secret, of course. At some point during his childhood, two Konoha shinobi broke into his home, and Nagato’s mother and father attacked the shinobi in hopes of giving their son time to escape. They were killed, but in self-defense only. After learning that the two were civilians, the shinobi tried to apologize to Nagato, for they had mistaken the attack as an ambush. Nagato was wracked with grief, and used his Rinnegan for the first time to kill the two shinobi warriors.
Nagato was forced to leave his home and search for his food and shelter from that point on, and with resources scarce due …show more content…
Utilitarianism is a philosophy created by doctor Jeremy Bentham, which prioritizes results over rules. Essentially, all of Pain’s actions were for the greater good. The lives that were lost were all for the greater good, because more people would survive as a result of Pain ending all war. Using the Modified Utilitarian Calculus of John Stuart Mill, Pain wouldn’t have minimized pain, but maximized “pleasure of the highest quality,” which is survival. Achieving the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people. The reason Pain made it so far is because Pain took himself too far. He decided to play God, going so far as to resurrect the dead. The people of the Rain saw Pain as a godly figure, and Pain was happy to oblige
To learn about the philosophy of Pain, first, we must look at Pain’s life, to see what influenced his mind and actions. Pain was not always known as “Pain,” but as Nagato. Nagato was born in The Village Hidden in the Rain during the Second Shinobi War. As a child, he had the Rinnegan implanted into his eyes by Madara Uchiha. This was done in secret, of course. At some point during his childhood, two Konoha shinobi broke into his home, and Nagato’s mother and father attacked the shinobi in hopes of giving their son time to escape. They were killed, but in self-defense only. After learning that the two were civilians, the shinobi tried to apologize to Nagato, for they had mistaken the attack as an ambush. Nagato was wracked with grief, and used his Rinnegan for the first time to kill the two shinobi warriors.
Nagato was forced to leave his home and search for his food and shelter from that point on, and with resources scarce due …show more content…
Utilitarianism is a philosophy created by doctor Jeremy Bentham, which prioritizes results over rules. Essentially, all of Pain’s actions were for the greater good. The lives that were lost were all for the greater good, because more people would survive as a result of Pain ending all war. Using the Modified Utilitarian Calculus of John Stuart Mill, Pain wouldn’t have minimized pain, but maximized “pleasure of the highest quality,” which is survival. Achieving the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people. The reason Pain made it so far is because Pain took himself too far. He decided to play God, going so far as to resurrect the dead. The people of the Rain saw Pain as a godly figure, and Pain was happy to oblige