PHL201H1 Lecture 15: Epicurus Cont'd & Nozick’s Experience Machine
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Includes material from all units studying after subjects of second paper: meta-ethics, applied ethics, political philosophy, mostly essay format, at least 1 large essay (4-5 questions) Epicurus iii: what kind of pleasure is the goal: recall 2 elements of hedonism: (1) average vs maximum (2) relative value of pain and pleasure. Relative value of pain and pleasure: all hedonists think pleasure is good, and the only thing that"s good, and that pain is bad and the only thing that"s bad, but can also have relative values: If so, you will try to get best balance of pain and pleasure. Is it just important to get as much pleasure as possible: mill"s theory, different qualities of pleasure: Expensive champagne: will have to save up to get expensive champagne, and not have it all the time instead of having cheap champagne all the time, the problem of diminishing marginal return:
