tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657948975572947881.post8935246770617765391..comments2023-10-29T02:57:38.570-07:00Comments on Great Thinkings: Hedonism & The Experience/Pleasure MachineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657948975572947881.post-83778726633580632942013-01-28T08:21:28.410-08:002013-01-28T08:21:28.410-08:00Very interesting and thought provoking.
I'm su...Very interesting and thought provoking.<br />I'm surprised that there aren't more comments on this page.<br />i have read a few other articles about this same subject and people keep saying that it disproves the Utilitarian philosophy. I don't completely agree with this. John Stuart Mill's famous quote: ["it is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied", (260) Mill touts the importance of being well brought up and knowledgeably curious about the world, and understanding higher pleasures such as art and music, than to be uneducated and complacent. One need not be personally satisfied with one's life to be able to contribute to the "total sum happiness" of a society.] (from Wikipedia) <br />Based on this, I believe that Mill would never choose to get into the machine since this action would not promote 'the greatest amount of good, for the greatest number of people'<br />Mill would choose "truth" and the opportunity to help others over simple, meaningless "pleasure" for himself.<br />That being said, I think that both Mill and Nozick are wrong, I think that there are plenty of people in this world that would choose to be the pig/fool and I think that many people would choose to get into the "Pleasure/Experience Machine."<br />I don't have much faith in mankind. <br /> MrMtBaldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367710732693530021noreply@blogger.com