On an Interpretation of Mill’s Qualitative Utilitarianism

Autor:	CHRISTOPH SCHMIDT-PETRI
Jazyk:	English<br />Croatian
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Mill utilitarianism quantity quality qualitative utilitarianism incommensurability pleasure hedonism higher and lower pleasures Philosophy (General) B1-5802
Zdroj:	Prolegomena, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 165-177 (2006)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1333-4395 1846-0593
Popis:	This paper is a reply to Jonathan Riley’s criticism of my reading of Mill(both published in the Philosophical Quarterly 2003). I show that Riley’s interpretation has no textual support in Mill’s writing by putting the supposedly supporting quotations in their proper context. Secondly it is demonstrated how my reading is not incompatible with hedonism. Mill’s use of the concepts of ‘quality’, ‘quantity’, and ‘pleasure’ are explained and illustrated. I conclude by considering whether the possible redundancy of Mill’s quality/quantity discussion would be problematic.
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