0 living and behaving in ways that mean you get as much pleasure out of life as possible, according to the belief that the most important thing in life is to enjoy yourself
Unless one requires that all preferences ultimately be about one's own-well-being, or adopts hedonism, there is no justification for bringing in good feelings.
The new paradox implies that hedonism is internally flawed.
It might seem obvious that hedonism cannot be a form of pluralism.
This idea of qualitative superiority gives rise to a non-standard 'pluralistic' version of hedonism.
At present, the suggestion amounts to little more than the assertion that hedonism is wrong.
If you accept general hedonism, you must either embrace the repugnant conclusion or alternatively deny utilitarianism.
Three general claims relating to the proper interpretation of hedonism can be drawn from my argument so far, assuming it is correct.
He in effect divides these objections into two classes: those that target consequentialism, and those that target hedonism.
