Re: wisdom again
Thor Cameron (my_colours@hotmail.com)
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 20:23:07 -0700 (PDT)
John Stewart Mill. Thank you, it's been driving me crazy. Just went & got
my old Phil Lit book, yep, highlighted, too. Thanks
Grateful Thor
>I don't remember if I responded to this or not, but...
>
>Jeremy Bentham's utilitarianism originally established as a goal for
>behavior "the greatest possible good for the greatest number of people,"
>the greatest good being measured in units of pleasure, and the opposite
>measure in units of pain or displeasure.
>
>His critics accused him of propogating what they called a "pig
>philosophy," being pleasure centered and ignoring a human being's higher
>faculties. John Stuart Mill, the next generation of utilitarians, found
>it necessary to distinguish between the pleasures appropriate to a human
>being and the pleasures appropriate to a pig, thus between bestial
>pleasures and other kinds.
>
>This along the lines of what you were thinking of? The actual phrase,
>"pearls before swine," was from the teachings of Christ.
>
>Jim
>
>On Sat, 29 May 1999 19:55:55 +1000 Camille Scaysbrook
><verona_beach@geocities.com> writes>Thor wrote:
> >
> >> Who was the author/philosopher who wrote about the greater
> >virtues/pleasures
> >> vs the beastial pleasures. He's the one who talked about pearls
> >before
> >> swine.
> >
> >I'm not sure if this is right, but was it Blake?
> >
> >Camille
> >verona_beach@geocities.com
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> >
>
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