No, It Isn’t: A Response to Law on Evil Pleasure

In this paper, I engage with Law's (2007) paper 'Evil Pleasure Is Good For You!' I argue that, although his criticism of hedonistic utilitarianism may hold some weight, his analysis of the goodness of pleasure is overly simplistic. I highlight some troubling results which would follow...

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Main Author: Richard Playford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2018-10-01
Series:Ethic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ethic/article/view/54285