In Mill's Utilitarianism, he moves away from the traditional Benthamite argument which measures all types of pleasure in the same way, to stating that some pleasures are of higher value and therefore should be preferred over the so-called 'lower' pleasures when making ethical decisions. The main criticism to this idea is the question of whether can still remain a true hedonist and utilitarian, and if his ideas actually hold any weight. One of the obvious …
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…will outweigh the lower pleasures, there is no clear line between such pleasures and in everyday situations it seems to complex to measure. I think that Mill appears to justify his idea well in how it conforms to utilitarianism, and whilst people do tend to hold some pleasures higher than others, these views vary so widely that it seems to go against the idea of utilitarianism to say that 'mental' pleasures should always be preferred.