Anthony DiGiovanni comments on I Have A New Paper Out Arguing Against The Asymmetry And For The Existence of Happy People Being Very Good

[Anthony DiGiovanni]

Not all negative utilitarians deny that there exists such a thing as pleasure, they generally deny that it matters as much as pain. The view that there are no good states is crazy

Denying that pleasure is a “good state” is not the same as denying that pleasure exists.