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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Carlyle, Thomas

Carlyle, Thomas
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Review Questions And Answers

Question I. Do utilitarians confuse psychological hedonism and ethical
hedonism

Answer: Psychological hedonism is the theory that men desire only
pleasure or those things which are conducive to pleasure. Ethical hedonism is
the doctrine that men ought to desire only pleasure or those things which are
conducive to pleasure. One of the classic objections to utilitarianism is
that it rests upon a twofold confusion of psychological hedonism and ethical
hedonism. The difference between psychological hedonism and ethical ...

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