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You shouldn't suffer at work if you can work without suffering.

This sounds like I'm being pedantic because no one would never be in favor of suffering for no benefit, I'm arguing against a strawman.

But in the context of babies suffering, it might surprise you to learn that doctors used to give zero thought to their suffering at all, believing that they don't become conscious until they grow a little. Apparently when they screamed in pain it was like a mechanical autonomous response to a stimulus, not real human pain.

They weren't just being sadists. Applying anesthesia is always risky and if you can get away with not doing it then it's sometimes worth engaging in a bit of rationalization to ease the conscience.