Hi Vasco. I think you’re using “hedonism” and “objective list theory” in different ways than I’m using them. I understand hedonism as the view that all and only positive experiences are good for you and all and only negative experiences are bad for you, independently of their sources. I understand objective list theory as the view that pleasures and pains are on the list of things that are good and bad for you, respectively, but there are lots of other things that are on those lists too—where those other things are good or bad for you independently of whether we enjoy them or dislike them.
I understand hedonism as the view that all and only positive experiences are good for you and all and only negative experiences are bad for you, independently of their sources.
My interpretation is similar, but without the part “independently of their sources”. I think it is not logically consistent to say that something is good or bad “independently of their sources”, because all the sources influence conscious states. However, I believe one can say “without focussing primarily on the sources”, which is what I meant to refer to with my heuristics discussion above.
Hi Vasco. I think you’re using “hedonism” and “objective list theory” in different ways than I’m using them. I understand hedonism as the view that all and only positive experiences are good for you and all and only negative experiences are bad for you, independently of their sources. I understand objective list theory as the view that pleasures and pains are on the list of things that are good and bad for you, respectively, but there are lots of other things that are on those lists too—where those other things are good or bad for you independently of whether we enjoy them or dislike them.
Hi Bob,
Thanks for clarifying.
My interpretation is similar, but without the part “independently of their sources”. I think it is not logically consistent to say that something is good or bad “independently of their sources”, because all the sources influence conscious states. However, I believe one can say “without focussing primarily on the sources”, which is what I meant to refer to with my heuristics discussion above.