Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2023-01-13
Books mentioned on What's So Gratifying About Gossip? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 58
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism is a classic 1861 philosophical work by John Stuart Mill that defends the ethical theory that actions are right if they promote happiness and wrong if they produce the reverse.
Discussed“also Angelo recalls that 19th century philosopher John Stuart Mill believed that humans would always choose higher more intellectual Pleasures over lower face Pleasures this is an exaggeration in its 1861 work utilitarianism Mill does claim that higher Pleasures are more intrinsically valuable”
