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Full Idea
Objections to utilitarianism as maximisation of preferences: faded past desires or the desires of the dead; obtaining desires and happiness are different; fewer desires are easier to satisfy; pain is good if it can be removed.
Gist of Idea
Satisfaction of desires is not at all the same as achieving happiness
Source
report of Jonathan Glover (Introductions to Utilitarianism and its Critics [1990], Pt Two) by PG - Db (ideas)
Book Ref
'Utilitarianism and Its Critics', ed/tr. Glover,Jonathan [Macmillan 1990], p.38
| 3784 | Duty prohibits some acts, whatever their consequences [Glover] |
| 3786 | Aggression in defence may be beneficial but morally corrupting [Glover] |
| 3785 | You can't separate acts from the people performing them [Glover] |
| 3783 | How can utilitarianism decide the ideal population size? [Glover] |
| 3787 | Rule-utilitarianism is either act-utilitarianism, or not really utilitarian [Glover] |
| 3782 | Satisfaction of desires is not at all the same as achieving happiness [Glover, by PG] |