Showing posts with label Schadenfreude. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Schadenfreude. Show all posts

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Hedonism

Here is an argument:

  1. A character trait aimed at producing what is always intrinsically good is not a vice. (Premise)
  2. A tendency to Schadenfreude is a character trait aimed at producing pleasure (at the sufferings of others). (Premise)
  3. A tendency to Schadenfreude is a vice. (Premise)
  4. Therefore, pleasure is not always intrinsically good.