Welfare, happiness, and ethics
Oxford, 1996
Quotes from this work
Along with such other persistent offenders as the real and the natural, the concept of the subjective is one of the most treacherous in the philosophers’ lexicon.
p. 27
[T]here are quite commonplace instances of our not being averse to, or even relishing, pain. I can deliberately probe a loose tooth with my tongue and find the sharp pang which results quite delicious. In this case I have no difficulty identifying the feeling as painful; indeed, that seems to be part of its appeal.
p. 101