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Seems like the father forgot about Dostoyevsky: >Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that. [1] [1] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fyod
by southerndrift 7y ago
Seems like the father forgot about Dostoyevsky:
>Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that. [1]
[1] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoyevsky https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoyevsky
- southerndrift 7y ago... implying that happiness is not scalar. But if happiness is not measurable, what does utilitarianism measure? The amount of pain - or rather the lack thereof?
- Der_Einzige 7y agoWhat you are describing is called "Negative Utilitarianism"