No, It Isn’t: A Response to Law on Evil Pleasure
vol. 17, n. 1 (2018) • Ethic@ - Revista Internacional de Filosofia Moral
Autor: Richard Playford
Resumo:
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 from his analysis and then outline a new account which then remedies these problems. Ultimately, I distinguish between Law's 'evil pleasures' and, what I call, 'virtuous pleasures' and show how we can accept the goodness of virtuous pleasures without being forced to say that evil pleasures are good for us.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5007/1677-2954.2018v17n1p1
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ethic/article/view/1677-2954.2018v17n1p1/37529
Palavras-Chave: Ethics,Pleasure,Aristotelianism,Hedonism
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