O dwóch zarzutach przeciw hedonizmowi

• Authors: De Lazari-Radek, Katarzyna

Title variants

PL

On two arguments against hedonism

Abstracts

EN

Our common sense seems to regard hedonism as an unworthy theory of value. Two main arguments, resting on our intuitions, are commonly presented against it. The first ridicules hedonism as “a theory fit for pigs”, that is for people who care only about simple physical pleasures. The second seeks to refute hedonism on the assumption that no one would like to live a life that is nothing else but a hedonic reflection of her or his mind. Robert Nozick used this intuition to build his famous “experience machine example”. The purpose of this article is to suggest that the intuitions underlying these arguments, are based on nonrational presuppositions and therefore are not the best ways to confront hedonism.

Keywords

EN

hedonizm; przyjemność; intuicja; maszyna przeżyć; Sidgwick; Mill; Nozick; hedonism; pleasure; intuition; experience machine

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Internetowy Magazyn Filozoficzny Hybris
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 33 (2)

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

De Lazari-Radek, Katarzyna

other

Uniwersytet Łódzki

Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/20125