Full Idea
Pleasure is not merely a nice sensation. It has the important psychological function of lining us up with whatever it is that is generating the pleasure, such that we maintain our relationship with it.
Gist of Idea
Pleasure serves to maintain our relationship with its source
Source
Tom Cochrane (The Aesthetic Value of the World [2021], 0.2)
A Reaction
It is certainly absurd to give the highest value to pleasures, without ever thinking about their biological purpose.
Book Reference
Cochrane,Tom: 'The Aesthetic Value of the World' [OUP 2021], p.3