MILL AND THE SATISFIED PIG: SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN HIGHER AND LOWER PLEASURES.
The distinction between higher and lower pleasures may well be the most significant feature of Mill's utilitarianism. Whether it is indeed the case that it is "better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied" is a question of intrinsic...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Ethics (1556-4444) Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 193 - 205 |
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2013
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