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Ima Utilitarian says that we should maximize
{ 1 } - whatever people desire for its own sake.
{ 2 } - the balance of pleasure over pain.
{ 3 } - various things, like knowledge, virtue, and pleasure.
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Ima Utilitarian says that we should maximize
{ 1 } - whatever people desire for its own sake.
{ 2 } - the balance of pleasure over pain.
{ 3 } - various things, like knowledge, virtue, and pleasure.
She rejects this (the preference view), because people can have bad desires. Some people desire revenge for its own sake.
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Ima Utilitarian says that we should maximize
{ 1 } - whatever people desire for its own sake.
{ 2 } - the balance of pleasure over pain.
{ 3 } - various things, like knowledge, virtue, and pleasure.
Ima Utilitarian accepts classical utilitarianism, which is hedonistic.
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Ima Utilitarian says that we should maximize
{ 1 } - whatever people desire for its own sake.
{ 2 } - the balance of pleasure over pain.
{ 3 } - various things, like knowledge, virtue, and pleasure.
She rejects this (the pluralism view), because she doubts that mere knowledge or virtue in itself, apart from the enjoyment of it, has any intrinsic value.
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