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FELDMAN’S THEORY OF ATTITUDINAL HEDONISM ABOUT HAPPINESS

Year 2022, Issue: 34, 321 - 338, 10.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.53844/flsf.1166502

Abstract

The concept of “happiness” is sometimes used to describe a state of mind. Even if “happiness” in this usage seems not to be the subject of philosophy, how it can be defined or its nature is a matter of philosophical examination and is important. There are different philosophical theories about its nature. These are generally called as hedonistic theories, emotional state theories, life satisfaction theories, and desire-satisfaction theories. Among these, hedonistic theories have been defended by different thinkers. One of the recent hedonistic theories is the attitudinal hedonism of happiness claimed by Fred Feldman. In this study, we will try to examine and evaluate this view. In the first part of our study, we will deal with who defends the basic theories about happiness and what they claim in general. In the next section, we will examine what the sensory hedonistic theory about happiness claims and how Feldman formulates and criticizes this theory. In the third chapter, we will try to present Feldman’s view of attitudinal hedonism about happiness. In the last part of our study, after examining the main criticisms of this view and Feldman’s answers to them, we will evaluate these criticisms and answers.

References

  • Bentham, Jeremy. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Kitchener: Batoche Books, 2000 [1781].
  • Besser, Lorraine L. The Philosophy of Happiness: An Interdisciplinary Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2021.
  • Bramble, Ben. “The Distinctive Feeling Theory of Pleasure.” Philosophical Studies 162 (2013): 201-17.
  • Bramble, Ben. “Unknown Pleasures.” Philosophical Studies 177 (2020): 1333-44.
  • Brülde, Bengt. “Happiness Theories of The Good Life.” Journal of Happiness Studies 8, no 1 (2007): 15-49.
  • Feldman, Fred Pleasure and The Good Life. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2004.
  • Feldman, Fred. “Unconscious pleasures and pains: A problem for attitudinal theories?” Utilitas 30, no 4 (2018): 472-82.
  • Feldman, Fred. What Is This Thing Called Happiness? New York: Oxford, 2010.
  • Haybron, Daniel M. “Happiness.” Erişim Tarihi: Haziran 8, 2022, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2020 Edition), ed. Edward N. Zalta https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2020/entries/happiness/.
  • Haybron, Daniel M. The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Heatwood, Chris. “Happiness and desire satisfaction.” Nous 56, no 1 (2020): 57-83.
  • Mill, John Stuart. Faydacılık. Çeviren Gökhan Murteza. İstanbul: Pinhan Yayıncılık, 2017 [1863].
  • Omay, Murad. ‘Mutluluk’un Anlamları. Kutadgubilig 23, (2013): 39-48.
  • Omay, Murad. “Mutluluk Hakkında Felsefi İncelemenin Önemi.” Kutadgubilig 25, (2014): 85-94.
  • Sidgwick, Henry. The Methods of Ethics. 7. Baskı. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1962 [1874].
  • Suikkanen, Jussi. “An Improved Whole Life Satisfaction Theory of Happiness.” International Journal of Wellbeing 1, no 1 (2011): 1-18.
  • Tiberius, Valerie. “Happiness.” İçinde The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, editör Hugh LaFollette, 2281–92. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

FELDMAN’IN MUTLULUKLA İLGİLİ TUTUMSAL HAZCILIK TEORİSİ

Year 2022, Issue: 34, 321 - 338, 10.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.53844/flsf.1166502

Abstract

“Mutluluk” kavramı bazen bir zihin durumunu tasvir etmek için kullanılır. Bu kullanımıyla “mutluluk”, felsefenin konusu değil gibi görünse de onun nasıl tanımlanabileceği ya da doğası felsefi inceleme konusudur ve önemlidir. Onun doğasıyla ilgili farklı felsefi teoriler bulunmaktadır. Bunlar genel olarak hazcı teoriler, duygusal durum teorileri, hayat memnuniyeti teorileri ve arzu tatmini teorileri olarak adlandırılır. Bunlar arasında hazcı teoriler farklı düşünürler tarafından savunulmuştur. Yakın dönemli hazcı teorilerden biri, Fred Feldman tarafından ileri sürülen mutlulukla ilgili tutumsal hazcılıktır. Bu çalışmamızda bu görüşü incelemeyi ve değerlendirmeyi deneyeceğiz. Çalışmamızın ilk bölümünde mutlulukla ilgili temel teorilerin kimler tarafından savunulduğunu ve genel olarak ne iddia ettiklerini ele alacağız. Daha sonraki bölümde mutlulukla ilgili duyusal hazcı teorinin iddialarını, Feldman’ın bu teoriyi nasıl formüle ettiğini ve eleştirdiğini inceleyeceğiz. Üçüncü bölümde Feldman’ın mutlulukla ilgili tutumsal hazcılık görüşünü ortaya koymayı deneyeceğiz. Çalışmamızın son bölümünde ise bu görüşün temel eleştirilerini ve Feldman’ın onlara cevaplarını inceledikten sonra bu eleştiri ve cevapları değerlendireceğiz.

References

  • Bentham, Jeremy. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Kitchener: Batoche Books, 2000 [1781].
  • Besser, Lorraine L. The Philosophy of Happiness: An Interdisciplinary Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2021.
  • Bramble, Ben. “The Distinctive Feeling Theory of Pleasure.” Philosophical Studies 162 (2013): 201-17.
  • Bramble, Ben. “Unknown Pleasures.” Philosophical Studies 177 (2020): 1333-44.
  • Brülde, Bengt. “Happiness Theories of The Good Life.” Journal of Happiness Studies 8, no 1 (2007): 15-49.
  • Feldman, Fred Pleasure and The Good Life. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2004.
  • Feldman, Fred. “Unconscious pleasures and pains: A problem for attitudinal theories?” Utilitas 30, no 4 (2018): 472-82.
  • Feldman, Fred. What Is This Thing Called Happiness? New York: Oxford, 2010.
  • Haybron, Daniel M. “Happiness.” Erişim Tarihi: Haziran 8, 2022, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2020 Edition), ed. Edward N. Zalta https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2020/entries/happiness/.
  • Haybron, Daniel M. The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Heatwood, Chris. “Happiness and desire satisfaction.” Nous 56, no 1 (2020): 57-83.
  • Mill, John Stuart. Faydacılık. Çeviren Gökhan Murteza. İstanbul: Pinhan Yayıncılık, 2017 [1863].
  • Omay, Murad. ‘Mutluluk’un Anlamları. Kutadgubilig 23, (2013): 39-48.
  • Omay, Murad. “Mutluluk Hakkında Felsefi İncelemenin Önemi.” Kutadgubilig 25, (2014): 85-94.
  • Sidgwick, Henry. The Methods of Ethics. 7. Baskı. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1962 [1874].
  • Suikkanen, Jussi. “An Improved Whole Life Satisfaction Theory of Happiness.” International Journal of Wellbeing 1, no 1 (2011): 1-18.
  • Tiberius, Valerie. “Happiness.” İçinde The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, editör Hugh LaFollette, 2281–92. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Ethics
Journal Section Research Article
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Necati Murad Omay 0000-0002-3980-9750

Publication Date December 10, 2022
Submission Date August 24, 2022
Acceptance Date October 6, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Issue: 34

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Chicago Omay, Necati Murad. “FELDMAN’IN MUTLULUKLA İLGİLİ TUTUMSAL HAZCILIK TEORİSİ”. FLSF Felsefe Ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, no. 34 (December 2022): 321-38. https://doi.org/10.53844/flsf.1166502.

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