Persistent Anosmia

The Philosophers' Magazine 92:108-109 (2021)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

John Stuart Mill famously maintained that “animal pleasures” – like enjoying good smells and tastes – are lower quality than the pleasures tied to higher cognition, like the pleasure of enjoying an opera or understanding a mathematical proof. This downgrading is particularly common in the ethical literature about eating animals. Peter Singer, James Rachels, Gary Francione, Alastair Norcross and dozens of other ethicists make quick work of defending vegetarianism by presuming that “gustatory pleasure” is trivial. But is it?

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,616

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Humean Pleasures Reconsidered.Stephen D. Hudson - 1975 - Canadian Journal of Philosophy 5 (4):545 - 562.
John Stuart Mill and the Ends of Sport.David T. Schwartz - 1998 - The Paideia Archive: Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 38:32-37.
Animal husbandry. [REVIEW]Jean Kazez - 2011 - The Philosophers' Magazine 54 (54):117-118.
Six theses about pleasure.Stuart Rachels - 2004 - Philosophical Perspectives 18 (1):247-267.
No life is good.David Benatar - 2011 - The Philosophers' Magazine 53:62-66.
No life is good.David Benatar - 2011 - The Philosophers' Magazine 53 (53):62-66.
Make yer spuds and whatever. [REVIEW]Jean Kazez - 2011 - The Philosophers' Magazine 53 (53):116-117.
It’s Not About the Animals.Jean Kazez - 2020 - The Philosophers' Magazine 90:71-73.
Animal husbandry. [REVIEW]Jean Kazez - 2011 - The Philosophers' Magazine 54:117-118.
John Stuart Mill.Peter Holmes - 1998 - The Philosophers' Magazine 2:31-31.
John Stuart Mill.Peter Holmes - 1998 - The Philosophers' Magazine 2 (2):31-31.
Raw – what is it good for?Jean Kazez - 2010 - The Philosophers' Magazine 48:116-117.
Tourism Experiences and Animal Consumption. [REVIEW]Jean Kazez - 2018 - The Philosophers' Magazine 83:115-116.
Pandora rocks in Avatar. [REVIEW]Jean Kazez - 2010 - The Philosophers' Magazine 49:116-117.

Analytics

Added to PP
2021-02-16

Downloads
8 (#1,138,679)

6 months
1 (#1,042,085)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Jean Kazez
Southern Methodist University

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references