linked to their personal fulfillment of pleasure. Nevertheless‚ the two clashed when it came down to the understanding of what true pleasure is‚ and whether it holds different values under different circumstances. It was due to this that Bentham started Act Utilitarianism. Bentham thought that situations were to be treated completely differently to any and every other situation‚ and developed the Hedonistic Calculus as a means of measuring the pleasure and pain of those directly involved in it
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affect on themselves but more important on other’s especially innocent by standers. One’s intentions could be of utmost importance to the good of the majority. Another strength of Mills approach is the fact that Mill considers emotions a form of great pleasure (Qizilbash‚ 2006). This point of the theory shows some impartiality. Mills also mentions general rules‚ which in turn would allow for the use of universal rules‚ and this is a strength for sure. In Mills approach one more weakness would be the ability
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Nicomachean Ethics‚ a life of excellence is the ultimate objective. He who aspires to achieve this life of excellence must understand the good‚ happiness‚ and morality. He must also understand how to live a life of temperance‚ without giving in to the pleasure of the extremes. If achieved‚ this life of excellence will ultimately lead to eudaimonia‚ which translates to happiness‚ success‚ and fulfillment. Aristotle states that every activity aims at some good. Although this is true‚ some activities are
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What is the good life? The Epicureans and the Stoics had rather differing philosophies on what the good life actually entailed. Epicurious‚ a Hedonist believe that pleasure was the ultimate good. That the elimination of pain was essential to pleasure and thus a good life. Epicurus‚ believed that the best way to achieve happiness is to reduce one’s consumption of materialistic things to only the necessities. To elaborate‚ eat bland foods‚ wear bland clothing‚ Epicurious‚ for example‚ lived in isolation
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Aristotle and Utilitarians seem to voice different opinions when it comes to pleasure. Aristotle discusses pleasures to be a negative and is something not to indulge on frequently or often. He further explains how valuable it is that humans use the power of reason and critical thought to guide themselves throughout life towards happiness. Utilitarianism or The Greatest Happiness Principle speaks upon pleasure being the absence of pain. “It is better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied…”
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Chapter 1 The Philosophy of Happiness Aristotle on Happiness Since the earliest days of Western thought philosophers have concerned themselves with the nature of happiness. One of the earliest to ask the question ‘what is happiness?’ was Aristotle‚ who‚ in a manner typical of philosophers‚ before providing an answer insisted on making a distinction between two different questions. His first question was what was meant by the word ‘happiness’—or rather‚ its ancient Greek equivalent eudaimonia. His
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will most likely do what makes them feel good and not what is the best for them. Throughout the novel Madame Bovary the author Gustave Flaubert uses literary devices such as symbolism to express the idea that pleasure inhibits the progress of human aspiration. The first instance of pleasure inhibiting progress is in chapter one. Charles Bovary the main character is doing some intense studying for his medical practice exams. The author states‚ on page ten‚ that Monsieur Bovary “breaks all good
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the life of a sick child‚ who’s whole family will suffer a great deal‚ stealing from the chemist would bring the most amount of pleasure to the most amount of people and therefore according to Bentham would be the morally acceptable thing to do. This is because it causes more pleasure to more people than it does the amount of pain. It will bring a large amount of pleasure to the child that is saved and his family‚ compared to the smaller amount of pain caused to the chemist that shop is broken
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a wide experience of pleasures from those most simple such as laying in the sun to more advanced pleasures such as writing an essay‚ would have. Mill introduces this theory in chapter two of his Utilitarianism by differentiating between lower quality bodily pleasures‚ such as eating and sleeping which we share with animals‚ and higher quality intellectual pleasures‚ such as reading poetry and viewing art. Mill then argues that an individual with a wide experience of pleasures‚ a competent judge‚ will
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works the existence of a repressed force which compels humans to pursue death and “return to an inanimate state” (Plank 22). Freud labelled this force the death drive. However‚ in opposition to the death drive‚ Freud asserted that the dominating pleasure
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