PHIL-P 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: John Stuart Mill, Hackett Publishing Company
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P140 joh(cid:374) tua(cid:396)t mill"s utilitarianism chapter 2 notes- what utilitarianism is. Objects to utility (usefulness) and pleasure being mutually exclusive/contradictory. 8-28-16: also rejects idea that utilitarians revolve everything around pleasure, utility = pleasure and lack of pain. If pleasure for humans and animals were identical, way of life for one would suffice for other. See(cid:374) as deg(cid:396)adi(cid:374)g (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause a(cid:374)i(cid:373)als" pleasu(cid:396)es do (cid:374)ot satisf(cid:455) human desires; can experience higher pleasures. Almost every variation gives almost equal value to pleasures regarding physical sensation, intellect, emotions/imagination, morality: mental pleasures usually superior due to resulting advantages in life over bodily, some kinds more desirable/valuable than others, quantity and quality matter. People that do opposite either short-sighted or incompetent judges of pleasures. People that pick higher over lower often experience more displeasure in life. Person with college education will not choose to become ignorant: misconception that happiness = contentment. Higher pleasures bring more discontent, but give better quality pleasure that makes discontent worth enduring.
