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1.Some people have sadistic or malicious desires to inflict harm on others. It d

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Question

1.Some people have sadistic or malicious desires to inflict harm on others. It does not improve their well-being when they satisfy these desires. If that is correct, then what must we conclude about the desire satisfaction theory?

2.Many people think that having things like friendship and knowledge makes our lives go better independently of any desires we may happen to have for them. What are they claiming?

3.What does Hurka say we should do about people who choose lives that are not good or make choices that make their lives worse than they could have been?

4.What does Hurka think of psychological hedonism?

5.Hurka distinguishes four categories of pleasure. Which one of the following is not a factor that is relevant to distinctions among these categories?

6.Does Hurka think that one category of pleasure has greater intrinsic value than any other category?

It is true because then intrinsically desiring something would be necessary to make it intrinsically good for you.

Explanation / Answer

Ans 1 : It is false because then intrinsically desiring something would not be necessary to make it intrinsically good for you.

A person can decide what is good or bad for them, but if a person desires a bad thing for himself , it can not qualify as a good thing because bad thing is bad , and this fact cannot be changed.