Utilitarians believe that there are distinct pleasures that require a quality of pain. When I read this the phrase "No pain, No Gain" comes to mind. I can agree with this because I believe that to get something one really wants requires work. I say work as in some type of struggle. Nothing is simply passed out on silver platters.
For example, education requires work in order to fully gain and utilize it. Learning requires time, practice and patience. We don't suddenly wake up knowing the the meaning of Felicific Calculus without having someone tell us or finding out ourselves. Knowledge doesn't just appear, people work for it constantly because there is no limit to it. It is one of the highest pleasures that people strive to achieve. We as college students should fully understand this concept because we are all working toward degrees; which, I highly doubt, will fall into our laps. It all requires metaphorical pain to achieve our overall goals.
I agree that no matter what the goal is, to pursue and get the higher pleasure from pursing and achieving that goal is going to take a struggle( human dissatisfied) but that struggle is better than settling for less or nothing (pig dissatisfied)
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think that phrase is applicable because humans have unique pleasures such as being successful which does involve struggles and hardships to achieve. I agree that college students understand the concept of working towards goals, which includes maximizing utility as well as going through some hardships to achieve the goals. As stated above, it is better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied, simply because a pig satisfied is limited to basic pleasures and being a human dissatisfied leads to striving for higher pleasures.
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