Pleasure and hedonism in Sidgwick
Book chapter
Crisp, Roger. (2011). Pleasure and hedonism in Sidgwick. In In T. Hurka (Ed.). Underivative duty: British moral philosophers from Sidgwick to Ewing pp. 1 - 26 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199577446.003.0003
Authors | Crisp, Roger |
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Editors | T. Hurka |
Abstract | This chapter begins by distinguishing different kinds of hedonism, and focuses in particular on welfare hedonism. Sidgwick's arguments for hedonism — based on appeals to intuition, and an analysis of common judgements — are explained, and some objections internal to Sidgwick's own epistemology are raised. An interpretation of Sidgwick's own account of pleasure is offered, and it is argued that Sidgwick is, despite several apparent claims to the contrary, an ‘internalist’ about pleasure, who believes that pleasantness constitutes an independently identifiable feeling common to all pleasurable experiences. Sidgwick's responses, or possible responses, to several common objections to hedonism are outlined. The objections discussed include the charges that hedonism must attribute value to evil pleasures, that hedonism is the ‘philosophy of swine’, that hedonists are committed to plugging in to an ‘experience machine’, and that hedonism is impracticable. A coda discusses pleasure and hedonism after Sidgwick. |
Keywords | pleasure; Sidgwick; welfare; pleasantness |
Page range | 1 - 26 |
Year | 2011 |
Book title | Underivative duty: British moral philosophers from Sidgwick to Ewing |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Place of publication | Canada |
ISBN | 9780199577446 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199577446.003.0003 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84880866173 |
Research Group | Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
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