
Episode 9: Utilitarian Ethics: What Should We Do?
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Maximum Pleasure
If we can't say that one experiences, according to all these principles, better than the other, then it's almost like it's looking at it in the abstract. It seems to me there has to be some measure of right or wrong, or some measure of how the action will impact somebody else before you can even start a discussion. So tell us about what mill says about that. Mill: I being socrates dissatisfied and lower pleasures is better than being pig satisfied and lower pleasurable. And not just that sometimes being a different type of animal who's even if it's painful is better thanbeing pleased with your own body. People who have experienced both sitting around and playing the violin are
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