PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Negative Number, Derek Parfit, Tylenol (Brand)
16 Dec 2016
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Human well being as something important for morality. Objective list: certain things are good/bad for us whether or not we want them e. g. , knowledge, mutual love, awareness of beauty. Certain things that are good and bad for us, these things are unrelated to whether or not we want them. What pains/pleasures have in common is their relation to our preferences and desires. An experience is pleasant if it is preferred. About our present state of mind/consciousness (introspectively discernible) Problem: better for me to believe i am not being deceived (irrelevant if my belief is false) It doesn"t show what is common to each of these things. Froid was in a great deal of pain in one point of his life - what we might do when we"re in a great deal of pain. End of life pain, tormenting pain - needs stronger medication that messes with his mind. What you did was not good for you.
