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Happiness is
{ 1 } - the same as pleasure (which has "higher" and "lower" forms).
{ 2 } - the sole ultimate good.
{ 3 } - one of the goods (with virtue and knowledge) that we ought to seek.
{ 4 } - only possessed by young people who haven't seen the world's harshness.
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Happiness is
{ 1 } - the same as pleasure (which has "higher" and "lower" forms).
{ 2 } - the sole ultimate good.
{ 3 } - one of the goods (with virtue and knowledge) that we ought to seek.
{ 4 } - only possessed by young people who haven't seen the world's harshness.
You're thinking of John Stuart Mill?
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Happiness is
{ 1 } - the same as pleasure (which has "higher" and "lower" forms).
{ 2 } - the sole ultimate good.
{ 3 } - one of the goods (with virtue and knowledge) that we ought to seek.
{ 4 } - only possessed by young people who haven't seen the world's harshness.
Goods form a hierarchy, and the ultimate good is happiness. Happiness is excellent activity; this excellent activity includes virtue and knowledge and brings pleasure.
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Happiness is
{ 1 } - the same as pleasure (which has "higher" and "lower" forms).
{ 2 } - the sole ultimate good.
{ 3 } - one of the goods (with virtue and knowledge) that we ought to seek.
{ 4 } - only possessed by young people who haven't seen the world's harshness.
You're thinking of Moore and Ross, who accepted several distinct goods?
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Happiness is
{ 1 } - the same as pleasure (which has "higher" and "lower" forms).
{ 2 } - the sole ultimate good.
{ 3 } - one of the goods (with virtue and knowledge) that we ought to seek.
{ 4 } - only possessed by young people who haven't seen the world's harshness.
Aristotle doesn't speak that positively of young people.
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