Whereas pain had previously been seen as an essential element of the human condition, from the middle of the eighteenth century humanitarians worked to alleviate pain and suffering where possible--especially when that bodily experience was produced or inflicted by various "social evils" (ranging form alcohol to the excesses of the industrial system) or unjust laws.
The reality of pain
Whereas pain had previously been seen as an essential element of the human condition, from the middle of the eighteenth century humanitarians worked to alleviate pain and suffering where possible--especially when that bodily experience was produced or inflicted by various "social evils" (ranging form alcohol to the excesses of the industrial system) or unjust laws.