Question
This thinker argued that a competent judge would prefer pleasures caused by our intellectual faculties even “knowing it to be attended with a greater amount of discontent.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this philosopher who distinguished between “higher” and “lower” pleasures, claiming “it’s better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied,” in his book Utilitarianism.
ANSWER: J. S. Mill [or John Stuart Mill]
[10h] Mill’s distinction between higher and lower pleasures stands in contrast to Jeremy Bentham, who famously claimed that “quantity of pleasure being equal” this card game is as good as poetry.
ANSWER: push-pin
[10m] This thinker’s Enquiry Concerning Political Justice argues that, in a fire, it is better to save the archbishop of Fenelon than his valet, since the archbishop has a greater capacity for “refined and genuine happiness.”
ANSWER: William Godwin
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Summary
| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 44% | 11% |
Data
| Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | I would prefer not to | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| remembrance of lost time | Quasicrystal Silence | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Saint Peter Andre 3000 | Hang et al., Robert Browning | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Team Name Think Detail | Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | The Canadians | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| BHSU | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | Evans Hall destruction awaiters | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |