Things that are equally pleasurable have the same intrinsic value.
Things that are equally pleasurable have the same intrinsic value.
Mill thought that higher pleasures (like pleasure over gaining knowledge or helping someone) have more value than lower pleasures (like pleasure over eating ice cream) -- even when both contain the same amount of pleasure.
So his view gives weight to the QUALITY of the pleasure, and not only to its QUANTITY.
Things that are equally pleasurable have the same intrinsic value.
Mill thought that higher pleasures (like pleasure over gaining knowledge or helping someone) have more value than lower pleasures (like pleasure over eating ice cream) -- even when both contain the same amount of pleasure.
So his view gives weight to the QUALITY of the pleasure, and not only to its QUANTITY.