The Possibility of Modified Hedonism

A popular objection to hedonist accounts of personal welfare has been the experience machine argument. Several modifications of traditional hedonism have been proposed in response. In this article I examine two such responses, recently expounded by F eldman and S umner respectively. I argue that both modifications make hedonism indistinguishable from anti‐hedonism. Sumner's account, I claim, also fails to satisfy the demands of theoretical unity

Argument (complex analysis) · Economics · Epistemology · Hedonism · Positive economics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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