hedonism Essay question.

[brokenaideen]

The first basic idea behind hedonistic thought is that all actions can be measured on the basis of how much pleasure and how little pain (i.e. suffering) they produce. In very simple terms, a hedonist strives to maximize this total (pleasure minus pain

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[putrescine]

Is there an implied trade-off between quantitative and qualitative pleasure? Does the reasoning extend to say that if you have a large amount of simple pleasures it precludes you experiencing the higher, more elaborate pleasures?

Nonetheless, I would still come down on the side of a qualitative approach, for the simple fact that you can have too much of a good thing. If you experience a simple pleasure too often it ceases to be pleasurable. An elaborate pleasure, infrequently experienced would provide both a more intense experience, as you would be comparing it with a lack of any pleasure, as well as enabling you to still experience the simpler pleasures in the meantime.

On the other hand, pigs have hour-long orgasms. True fact.

qualitative for the win

[roachbin]

i offen ask the question wen pleasure stays, dose it stay a pleasure the answer is generaly no. due to the adventurous human disposition we rebel against the every day for if we didnt we wouldnt require holidays . i suppose we rebell against the simple and strive for the exotic . with each new exotic pleasure a bench mark to beat on the next adventure .....i wonder what an hour long pig,gasum sounds like

Re: qualitative for the win

[putrescine]

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