PP110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pg. 99, Deontological Ethics
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Pp110 lesson 7: mill: we have to account not just for the quantity of pleasure, but also for the qualities of our various pleasures, pg. However, mill acknowledges that basic needs and desires must be met before distinguishing between the greater pleasures) Key: even if there is, according to bentham"s criteria, more of a lower pleasure than a of a higher pleasure, the higher pleasure still wins. Answer: those who have experienced both always prefer the higher, and they are the ones we ought to listen to. 99 right column question: does this sound right? (objective to mill- theory"s methods based on elitism: negative responsibility. Utilitarians are famous for claiming that we are not only responsible for the consequences of our actions, but for the consequences of our non-actions as well (morally speaking, there is no distinction between action and omission)
