Introduction to Utilitarianism - First Ethics

• Chapter 6

  • The Position that Happiness = Pleasure

    • Criticisms of hedonism are summarized here
      • The discussion about not wanting happiness pills because they want happiness to be “objectively happy” but is there objectivity here..? (blu3mo)

  • The Position that Happiness = Satisfaction of Desires = Preferences

    • The problem of Adaptive Preferences
      • In Baji Seminar Essay 1S Semester, it seems like this cannot occur in an environment where any experience can be chosen, so it can be defended
        • This is similar to Mill’s Laissez-faire
        • On the other hand, the problem is that economic optimization tends to cause this
        • Makes sense, right? (blu3mo)(blu3mo)(blu3mo)