Psychological Hedonism
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- Psychological Hedonism
- pleasure is the ultimate goal in our minds
- Bentham argue we sometimes we sacrifice pleasure for fear of punishment + for long term pleasures
- some religious believers think pleasure is wrong e.g. whipping
- Bentham would argue still instinctively driven by pleasure
- Mill - psychological hedonism only counts for 'lower' pleasures
- criticism 1 - states of affairs in the world
- Nozick's machine - a machine that offers everlasting sensation of pleasure but you can't leave
- people don't sign up because people prefer experiencing reality
- Nozick's machine - a machine that offers everlasting sensation of pleasure but you can't leave
- Criticism 2 - specific actions + objects themselves
- want the object itself, not the pleasure from it
- Sidwick (1838-1900)
- want the object itself, not the pleasure from it
- Criticism 3 - pleasure is behaviour, not sensations
- pleasure is what we seek
- we carry out behaviour which leads us to what we seek pleasure (sensation)
- some utilitarians believe we should focus on satisfying people's preferences rather than seeking pleasure
- Preference Utilitarianism
- pleasure is what we seek
- pleasure is the ultimate goal in our minds
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