Can pleasure be measured in terms of quantity as well as quality? What’s more pleasurable to a ten-year-old – a kitten, a teddy bear, or a bar of chocolate? Can we turn a subjective concept like pleasure into an objective measure or comparison? A man called “Jeremy” thought so. Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) was an EnglishContinue reading “A measure for pleasure?”
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Philosophy Essay – Of Liberty and Law
Why do we have speed limits, and why do we have speed cameras? Can we choose which laws we follow, and if everybody breaks the law does that make it alright? An essay on the pandemic and covid rules.
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