Pleasures

some pleasures are higher than others? What would you consider higher and lower pleasures? Mental pleasures are intrinsically superior to physical pleasures, as well as circumstantially. The evidence Mill appeals to in support of his claim that there are different kinds of pleasures and that some are superior to others is the experience of mankind. Those who are acquainted with both sorts of pleasures do prefer the higher pleasures. (P.10) I can somewhat agree with Mills that some pleasures can be

The Pleasure of Drugs The Oxford Dictionary defines pleasure. It is a feeling of satisfaction or joy. It is enjoyment. It is a source of pleasure or gratification. It is formally a persons will or desire. Finally they define it as sensual gratification. Now if we put these all together in one sentence, pleasure is something that brings an overall feeling of satisfaction and gratification while fulfilling desires. If that doesn’t sound good, what does? We have already determined

greatest possible balance of pleasure over pain for everyone that are affected (Shaw et al. 2013 p67). According to Jeremy Bentham, an action is ethical if the action yield greater utility than alternatives (Shaw et al. 2013 p67). In addition, Bentham evaluate pleasure and pain by quantitative differences, which are intensity and duration (Shaw et al. 2013 p67). According to John Stuart Mills, definition of pleasure is incline intrinsically towards intellectual pleasure and imagination, and stated

different calculations. The first calculations that is use is pleasure minus pain. In order to figured it out, you would calculate how many people would receive pleasure from the information that was gather in the experiments and subtract the number of people who would experience pain from that information. If the number of people who experience pain from this information being used is greater from the number of people who would experience pleasure,

tend to pursue lower pleasures, sometimes even injuring themselves, even if they are aware that health is the greater good. In fact, Mill stated that lower pleasures are predominant because easier to achieve. For this reason, individuals succumb to temptations, even if the final pleasure is at a lower level than the higher pleasures, which of course, are harder to achieve. I agree with Mill’s claim, because individuals are prone to abandon the achievement of higher pleasure given the fact that they

According to Epicurus, pleasure comes as a result of eliminating all the needs and wants of an individual. There is no pain, or frustration that an individual suffers from. Epicurus further denotes that in order to identify the differences between good and evil, it is important to look if pain and pleasure exists. Pain exists if there is fear of uncertainty, or retribution from spiritual beings and people. Death is uncertain to many people. On this note, Epicurus teaches that pleasure comes as a result

Pleasure - The Driving Force in all Human Achievement Every choice we make as humans, whether conscious or not, is made with our own pleasure in mind. When we choose to buy a pack of chocolate, go to church, or even go to work, we do it with the goal of maximizing our own pleasure. The choices we make are those that we feel will give us the greatest pleasure. We spend our entire lives trying to maximize pleasure and minimize pain; this is the essence of man. Aristippus was one of the first

Value hedonists’ view that pleasure is the only intrinsic good and pain is the only intrinsic evil seems to be an assumption rather than a deduced conclusion. This can be seen by asking why it is that pleasure is an intrinsic good. There seem to be only two possible answers to this question. The first possible reply is that the intrinsic good of pleasure is simply assumed, in which case the entire value hedonist’s view is an assumption involving no deduction whatsoever. Once someone agrees with the

The Experience Machine and the Inclusion of Meta-Pleasure Robert Nozick is a philosopher who seeks to disprove the utilitarian notion of hedonism through a thought experiment that he has entitles “The Experience Machine” (Nozick 646). I will first explain the concept of utilitarianism and hedonism, then the experience machine before I give a reply about the inclusion of a third category of pleasure which I have called “meta-pleasure”. Finally, I will show how technology may be disproving the entire

1. According to Mill, why are some pleasures more worthwhile than others? Mill suggested that “It is …. Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool dissatisfied.” (pg.118) When he mentioned that some pleasures are more worthwhile than others. He may imply that the pleasures that humans sought out for are of worthwhile if it means not jeopardizing another one’s happiness. Mill goes further and defends utilitarianism that explains that “the supreme principle of morality is to act in order to produce