The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive, and what is destructive.
Ursula K LeGuin • The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
hey feel disgust, which they had thought themselves superior to.
Ursula K LeGuin • The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
disgust is an emotion that paralells guilt - its due to a lack of exposure, it’s a cousin of indignation
They all know it is there, all the people of Omelas. Some of them have come to see it, others are content merely to know it is there. They all know that it has to be there. Some of them understand why, and some do not, but they all understand that their happiness, the beauty of their city, the tenderness of their friendships, the health of their... See more
Ursula K LeGuin • The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting.