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I shall show how it is possible for an Epicurean to put someone else’s pleasure before his own. I shall show how this is possible in at least one situation with a lack of knowledge of an interpersonal nature.
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Module: PY1101 Student: Euan Robert Clark Question 1 'Is it possible for an Epicurean to put someone else's pleasure before his or her own?' Date: Wednesday, 16 March 2005. I shall show how it is possible for an Epicurean to put someone else's pleasure before his own. I shall show how this is possible in at least one situation with a lack of knowledge of an interpersonal nature. There never was an absolute justice, but only an agreement made in reciprocal association in whatever localities now and again from time to time, providing against the infliction or suffering of harm. (Principle Doctrines #33) The Epicurean criterion of 'right action' has to do with the net effect that any action has on a situation in terms of the outcome measured in it's eventual pleasure1 experienced by those who are experiencing it. The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When pleasure is...
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