I was, for a time (due in no small part to reading Henry Sidgwick, whom I still regard as one of the greatest ethicists), a proponent of Hedonism, according to which (a) pleasure is intrinsically good, (b) pain is intrinsically bad, and (c) claims (a) and (b) exhaust the facts about intrinsic value.
Hedonism and Alienation
Hedonism and Alienation
Hedonism and Alienation
I was, for a time (due in no small part to reading Henry Sidgwick, whom I still regard as one of the greatest ethicists), a proponent of Hedonism, according to which (a) pleasure is intrinsically good, (b) pain is intrinsically bad, and (c) claims (a) and (b) exhaust the facts about intrinsic value.