Benthams Welfare Hedonism

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Benthams Welfare Hedonism

• Qualitative Similarity All pleasures are
  qualitatively identical. Considered in themselves
  as mental states, they differ only in
• Intensity how intense a pleasure (or a pain) is
• Duration how long a pleasure (or a pain) lasts
• Thus, theoretically, we can calculate the
  quantity of pleasure (or pain) by multiplying its
  intensity times its duration.

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The Bell Analogy to Understand Benthams Hedonism
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An Analogy to Understand Benthams Hedonism

• Remember, it is only an analogy.
• It is intended to illustrate that there is only
  one kind of experience, though it can differ in
  intensity and duration and have many different
  kinds of causes.
• Bentham didnt really think there were bells in
  peoples heads.