PHLA11H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Alore, Ninetynine, Felicific Calculus
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Phla11 lecture 4 continuation of utilitarianism. Objection 1: a doctrine worthy of swine: an object to hedonism, such a theory of life excites in many minds [ ] inveterate dislike. Higher pleasures: intellectual pleasures, pleasure of the imagination and creativity, aesthetic pleasures. Lower pleasures: bodily pleasures (food, relaxation : calculating hedons: It should be duration x intensity x quality. If those who are competently acquainted with both , prefer one kind over the other, then that kind of pleasure is more valuable. Higher and lower pleasure, clearly prefer the higher pleasures . C. therefore, the higher pleasures are more valuable. Few human creatures would consent to be changed any of the lower animals, for a promise of the fullest allowance of a beast"s pleasures; no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool (pg. It"s better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be a socrates dissatisfied than a food satisfied. (pg.
