The Big Questions of Philosophy Season 1 Episode 27 Does Happiness Define the Good?

  • TV-PG
  • January 6, 2016
  • 32 min

Could the happiness or absence of pain that results from an action define whether it is good? The Greek philosopher Epicurus held this view, which was fine-tuned by utilitarian philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Study objections to this outlook.

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  • First Aired
    January 6, 2016
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    32 min
  • Language
    English
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