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Mill's Eudaimonistic Utilitarianism
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Bentham's Hedonic Utilitarianism did not distinguish types of pleasures, and so faced an attack that it was a pig's philosophy. A pig would be happier than Socrates. Mill suggests an answer to this attack: Eudiamonia. We need to aspire to higher pleasures for a good life.
34 episodes
Manage episode 282163282 series 2855142
Bentham's Hedonic Utilitarianism did not distinguish types of pleasures, and so faced an attack that it was a pig's philosophy. A pig would be happier than Socrates. Mill suggests an answer to this attack: Eudiamonia. We need to aspire to higher pleasures for a good life.
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