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