Bentham on Pleasure
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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Bentham's Argument for Pleasure
Bentham says there are no systems of governmental rule or law that seek to harm people. Bentham: Some things are right or wrong not because they add to the sum of human happiness, but because we are either attracted to or repelled by them. The real argument is that something is wrong because it's prejudice, and then you can't justify it as a social system.
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