Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jeremy Bentham, PG and Richard Polt

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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 2. Ideal of Pleasure
The value of pleasures and pains is their force [Bentham]
Bentham thinks happiness is feeling good, but why use morality to achieve that? [Annas on Bentham]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 4. Unfairness
Utilitarianism seems to justify the discreet murder of unhappy people [PG]