Ethics BSA 1st year 1. Are all pleasures commensurable? Can they be evaluated on a single scale? Can some goods, like friendships, be balanced against other goods, like money? 2. Mill revises utilitarianism by arguing for "higher "pleasures. Which pleasures are higher? 3. Mill proposes that "higher" pleasures are those preferred by the majority of people. Do you agree that it is the good way of distinguishing between higher and lower pleasure? Can a well-informed majority prefer higher pleasures? 4. Does utilitarianism questions individual rights? What if violating the civil rights of minority increases the sum total of pleasure of the majority? 5. Do you agree that happiness is the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain, and that all actions are directed toward pleasure? 6. Are all pleasures comparable, even objectionable pleasures? What if the majority derives pleasure from being sexist? 7. Is it justifiable to build a basketball court because there are basketball fans, than to build a hospital because there are fewer sick people? 8. When is it justifiable to torture suspected criminals