J. S. Mill's Language of Pleasures*

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1741-6183|4|2|247-278

ISSN: 0953-8208

Source: Utilitas, Vol.4, Iss.2, 1992-11, pp. : 247-278

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Abstract

A significant feature of John Stuart Mill's moral theory is the introduction of qualitative differences as relevant to the comparative value of pleasures. Despite its significance, Mill presents his doctrine of qualities of pleasures in only a few paragraphs in the second chapter of Utilitarianism, where he begins the brief discussion by saying: