Pleasure center

When someone is making a decision for themselves, they should make the decision that maximizes their own utility. For example, if someone is choosing between a Snickers bar and a Twix bar, and they know that the Snickers bar will bring them more pleasure, or more utility, then they should choose the Snickers bar. The two forms of utilitarians are very similar. Act utilitarians basically say that you should take any action you need to in order to maximize utility. This seems to be the “hardcore”…

only intrinsically valuable thing is pleasure. However, it does not mean pleasure in the sense it is typically thought of. Hedonists believe there are two types of pleasure: physical pleasure and attitudinal pleasure. Many people believe that physical pleasure is the important pleasure for modern Hedonists; however, this is not the case. Though physical pleasure may contribute to your attitudinal pleasure, they are not good in and of themselves. The type of pleasure which Hedonists feel is…

In this essay I will be talking about the Utilitarian and Libertarian on the taxation issue I will do that by giving both definitions of Utilitarian and Libertarian, and give their views on taxation then argue against the one I believe that it not just then argue in support of the one I believe it’s just. Utilitarianism is a belief that the right course of action is the one that will produce the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people, it could be said that it’s to maximise the…

Mill’s Utilitarianism, he explains that the amount of pleasure and pain is what dictates the morality of actions. An action is justified if it brings more overall pleasure than pain to people. While it is generally agreed upon that pleasure is good and pain is bad, I believe that these qualities by itself cannot determine morality. Utilitarianism is not the right ethical theory to follow because utility is not inherently measurable and pleasure and pain are not the only determinants of morality.…

Using the lens of mania, Gruber examined how increased positive emotionality shapes one’s emotional experience and perception of others during a conversation between couples about a distressing topic. Her research revealed that heightened positive emotionality leads individuals to have a more positive emotional experience and perception of other people, inducing a positively biased “rose-colored glasses” perception of the world. In the study, 68 romantic couples were first asked to fill out…

creator of Cyrenaic hedonism. First off, hedonism is the philosophic though that pleasure is equal to good and pain is equal to evil. Therefore, Cyrenaic hedonism is the pursuit of intense and immediate pleasure with no qualitative distinctions among pleasures. Aristippus believed pleasure was the main motive for living and that pleasure is always good. This is just simply not true. Yes, we as human beings do seek pleasure probably more times than we think we do, but it is not our “natural goal…

The paradox of hedonism is the dilemma of a person who pursues happiness solely but never succeeds at achieving it. In this argument, accepting that happiness is our greatest good, it may still be irrational to aim for it directly. Hedonism is not negated by this argument because it simply states that pursing happiness directly might not be the best way to achieve it. There are people that delight or gain happiness at the expense of other people. In this case, Hedonism states that happiness…

happiness: the fulfillment of pleasure. In Hedonism, it is suggested that the acquirement of pleasure should be everyone’s main priority. Evidently, the practice of Hedonism is also associated with egoism, which claims that people should do things for their own good and prioritize their happiness before anything or anyone else ("Hedonism"). Similarly, Epicureanism also suggests that people should seek to maximize their happiness through the fulfillment of pleasures, but unlike Hedonism,…

The view of happiness as well as the role that pleasures and desires play in achieving happiness can be seen throughout Western philosophy. Detailing a hypothetical dinner conversation between Aristotle, Epicurus, Hobbes, and Epictetus, will such an understanding be described. In such an account, I will be detailing: what issue/s each guest would raise; what thesis would each defend, and how each would respond to the other; as well as who is most likely to disagree with whom and on which points,…

You could say parsimony refers to the concept of KISS (Keep it simple stupid). It is the idea that we should keep theories as simple and pragmatic as possible and it is an important cornerstone of the discipline of psychology and science in general. Parsimony means that if we have two competing theories we will use the simplest one. The canon of parsimony says that we should be frugal in developing theories by avoiding unnecessary concepts, again going back to the pragmatic. The idea…