Mill essay II
8 May, 2000
Dr Tasioulas
Critically compare
hedonism with one other theory of well-being (either desire-fulfilment or
objectivist). In light of the comparison, outline and defend your preferred
theory of well-being.
what�s a theory of well-being?
what other theories are there?
which am I going to compare hedonism with?
don�t have to compare at the level of types, only a particular friendship vs a particular pleasure
pleasure as a common currency
prudence in the philosopher�s broad sense, in which it has to do not just with a due concern for one�s future but with everything that bears on one�s self-interest
drop the experience requirement �/span> desires of the dead why would it be better to know the truth (about how things are outside the matrix, or how things will be when I die)
honesty
substantive vs explanative + full hedonism
is aristotle�s completeness requirement that it be unimprovable, or that it will hold over the whole gamut of human ethical choices?
hume-like account of the role of reason and desire