RE: My new support for hedonism
March 5, 2018 at 6:46 pm
(This post was last modified: March 5, 2018 at 6:47 pm by robvalue.)
Most people seek pleasure, but it's about how they go about it and balance things.
I'd say hedonism is about placing higher value on pleasure you can have right now, at the expense of your future wellbeing, and perhaps other people's. Doing that repeatedly is going to cause problems long term.
I meant that if someone is saying all they care about is pleasure, I'd say that they'd also want to reduce their own suffering where possible.
I'd say hedonism is about placing higher value on pleasure you can have right now, at the expense of your future wellbeing, and perhaps other people's. Doing that repeatedly is going to cause problems long term.
(March 5, 2018 at 2:46 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(March 5, 2018 at 10:49 am)robvalue Wrote: How about reducing suffering? I'd say that's a good thing too.
Because of humans or in spite of humans? I'm not sure that all suffering can be reduced.
I meant that if someone is saying all they care about is pleasure, I'd say that they'd also want to reduce their own suffering where possible.
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