Higher and lower pleasures revisited: Evidence from neuroscience

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Crisp, Roger and Kringelbach, Morten. (2017). Higher and lower pleasures revisited: Evidence from neuroscience. Neuroethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-017-9339-2
AuthorsCrisp, Roger and Kringelbach, Morten
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This paper discusses J.S. Mill’s distinction between higher and lower pleasures, and suggests that recent neuroscientific evidence counts against it.

Year2017
JournalNeuroethics
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
ISSN1874-5490
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-017-9339-2
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85021879917
Open accessOpen access
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Research GroupInstitute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
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