wunder · Library

CHAPTER II. Empirical Hedonism

The Methods of Ethics · Henry Sidgwick — chapter 16 of 76 · ~51 words · public domain

Read in the Wunder reader — free

EMPIRICAL HEDONISM

1. In this method it is assumed that all pleasures sought and pains shunned are commensurable; and can be arranged in a certain scale of preferableness: 123-125

2. pleasure being defined as “feeling apprehended as desirable by the sentient individual at the time of feeling it.” 125-130

Note 130

← Previous chapterAll chaptersNext chapter →

The Methods of Ethics · The Wunder Library — complete classics, free to read, with narration.

© 2026 Wunder Learning LLC · Terms & Privacy