3 ms·
Isn't the main problem with the utilitarian views presented here that they are deeply hedonistic? Yes, if you only care about pleasure, you will make horrible
by cardanome 5y ago
Isn't the main problem with the utilitarian views presented here that they are deeply hedonistic?
Yes, if you only care about pleasure, you will make horrible moral choices.
Now if we include in our definition of goodness things are are actually important like survival, stability of order, justice and fairness, scientific and personal progress and so on, we might get more practical. Of course then these decision become multi-dimensional and and highly dependent on your personal priorities but that is the real world for you.
- belval 5y agoBentham or Mills did actually introduce a concept of "quality" to pleasure. Where an intellectual pleasure was considered more desirable than basic "animalistic" ones.