Exploring Ethical Hedonism and Psychological Pleasure
Delve into the philosophical debate on pleasure with insights from figures like Mill, Seth, Lillie, and more. Unravel the paradox of hedonism and the various forms of ethical hedonism, from egoistic to altruistic perspectives, in this thought-provoking exploration.
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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY SAMSI COLLEGE Mod: 1 Lecture: 1 2nd Paper Presented by Sanjoy Karmokar
Origin from the Greek word Hedone which means Pleasure
Mill:- Desiring a thing and finding it pleasant, aversion to it and thinking of it as painful, are phenomena entirely inseparable or rather two parts of the same phenomena. (Utilitarianism, Chap-iv) Seth:- Thought is after all the minister of feeling, informing it how a desirable state of feeling may be attained and an undesirable state of feeling escaped. (Ethical Principle, P-65)
Lillie:- What mast be shown in order to refute psychological hedonism is that, however many people seek pleasure, some people on some occasions do not do so. (An introduction to Ethics, P-36) Explanation by a nature instinct to sacrifice oneself in certain circumstances would be a still more plausible explanation. (An introduction to Ethics, P-37)
Paradox of Hedonism (Sedgwick) Sedgwick :- A certain degree of disinterestedness seems to be necessary in order to obtain full enjoyment. (Method of Ethics, Book I, Chap-iv.) Mackenzie:- The best way to get pleasure is often to forget it. (Manual Ethics)
Ethical Hedonism W. Lillie:- In this way they (Psychological Hedonism ) leave room for a theory of ethics that, while men do always seek pleasant experiences, they ought to seek .those forms of pleasant experience which are most intense and most lasting. (An introduction to Ethics, P-162)
Ethical Hedonism Egoistic Ethical Hedonism Altruistic Ethical Hedonism Gross Refined Gross Altruistic (Bentham) Refined Altruistic (Mill)
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