Ethics and Values / Unit 7 Ethics 313 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Evil-Pleasures Objection
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The idea
The evil-pleasures objection: on hedonism, cruelty enjoyed counts as a life going well — and a theory of the good that scores malice as benefit invites doubt.
In practice
A fraudster savors every con. Hedonism must say those years went well for him; many conclude instead that pleasure was never the whole measure.
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