It seems self-evident that pleasurable experiences are good (and suffering is bad), in the same way it’s self-evident that I am conscious. This is difficult to dispute, and to my knowledge virtually all moral philosophers (and regular people) agree that pleasure is good and suffering is bad.
I don’t agree with this, because of the blissful ignorance problem.
I have preferences about the state of the world. If I am fooled into believing that the state of the world matches those preferences, I experience as much pleasure as I do if it actually matches those preferences. Yet I would say that being fooled is bad, and certainly that it at least is worse than having those preferences actually be satisfied.
I don’t agree with this, because of the blissful ignorance problem.
I have preferences about the state of the world. If I am fooled into believing that the state of the world matches those preferences, I experience as much pleasure as I do if it actually matches those preferences. Yet I would say that being fooled is bad, and certainly that it at least is worse than having those preferences actually be satisfied.