PHLA11H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: John Stuart Mill, Cengage Learning, Kantianism

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15 Apr 2016
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Week 2 tutorial #1: tuesday january 12, 2016. Greatest pleasure in a physical level: too demanding. Ask way too much, have to sacrifice ourselves all the time: too time consuming. Happiness is the end, then it is greater than virtue. If not, the why it is based on the happiness of society. Increasing happiness and decreasing pain: hedonism. Human capable of higher mental pleasure (not basic pleasure like sex, food, etc. ) Quote, mills it is better to be socrates unsatisfied than to be a fool satisfied . Conclusion: therefore it is hedonism: too demanding. Story about the woman who donated her income, becoming a social worker & giving 50% of her income vs financial advisor & giving 100% of income. Point #1: 99% actions not done from the(?) Point #2: private sphere ok: too time consuming, virtue vs happiness. Talking about virtue as your end, if valuing happiness over virtue, then diminishing virtue.

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