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Now you can see--I mentioned that about Adam Smith,
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that Adam Smith might have had this theory of sympathetic humans,
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which in a way pointed this direction.
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This is very central for John Stuart Mill.
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And therefore, he emphasizes
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there is a qualitative difference between human and simply animal appetites.
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So therefore you simply cannot do what Bentham did,
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simply add up appetites
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and to say if more appetites are satisfied,
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better off the society is.
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The chief good, so he argues, is virtue.
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Be virtuous and then you will feel good;