Hedons won’t be a subset of utilons if we happen not to value all hedons. One might not value hedons that arise out of false beliefs, for example. (From memory, I think Lawrence Sumner is a proponent of a view something like this.)
NB: Even if hedons were simply a subset of utilons, I don’t quite see how that would mean that this post “doesn’t really make sense”.
Hedons won’t be a subset of utilons if we happen not to value all hedons. One might not value hedons that arise out of false beliefs, for example. (From memory, I think Lawrence Sumner is a proponent of a view something like this.)
NB: Even if hedons were simply a subset of utilons, I don’t quite see how that would mean that this post “doesn’t really make sense”.
Ah, I see! Thank you, that helps.
RE:NB Reading hedons as a subset of utilons, phrases like “maximize our hedons at the expense of our utilons” didn’t make sense to me.
The x that maximizes f(x) might not maximize f(x)+g(x).