...pains, as he counts the duration units? Bentham usually assumes that he can, without telling how. . . . the degree of intensity possessed by that pleasure...they may be represented by higher and higher numbers. . . .* In his Codification Proposal, however, Bentham frankly grants that intensity is not " susceptible...

...points out, in some of his writings Bentham claims that units can be identified and intensity measured: "The degree of intensity possessed by that pleasure...intense, they may be represented by higher and higher numbers."16 But in another place Bentham thinks differently, saying that intensity is not "susceptible...

...'intensity'. In a manuscript of the 1770s he suggested that the basic unit of intensity might be defined as 'the degree of intensity possessed by that pleasure...of any that can be distinguished to be pleasure'— thereby anticipating, as Amnon Goldworth has pointed out, the concept of the minimum sensibile or 'just...

...quantity of a pleasure in respect of intensity on the . . . side of diminution is a state of indifference (insensibility): the degree of intensity possessed...pleasure which is the faintest of any that can be distinguished30 to be pleasure, may be represented by unity: according as any pleasures are perceived...

...pains, as he counts the duration units ? Bentham usually assumes that he can, without telling how. . . . the degree of intensity possessed by that pleasure...intense, they may be represented by higher and higher numbers.15 In his Codification Proposal, however, Bentham frankly grants that intensity is not "susceptible...

...(forthcoming). Reasons and Persons, p. 493 * Well-Being, p. 8. * Well-Being, ibid. I° According to Bentham, "...the degree of intensity possessed by that pleasure...degree of intensity is in every day's experience." Cf. "Value of a Pain or Pleasure". According to Arrow, the idea goes back to a paper presented by Jean-Charles...

...first. In the manuscript of the 1770s he suggested that the basic unit of intensity might be defined as 'the degree of intensity possessed by that pleasure...faintest of any that can be distinguished to be pleasure' — thereby anticipating the concept of the ' minimum sensibile1 which FY Edgeworth proposed a hundred...

...first. In the manuscript of the 1770s he suggested that the basic unit of intensity might be defined as 'the degree of intensity possessed by that pleasure...the faintest of any that can be distinguished to be pleasure'—thereby anticipating the concept of the ' minimum sensibile 1 which FY Edgeworth proposed...

...argues - is a state of indifference [var.: insensibility]'. Bentham then defines as 'unity' such a 'degree of intensity possessed by that pleasure which...faintest of any that can be distinguished to be pleasure' (ibid.: 555). Higher numbers represent higher degrees of intensity. He then repeats the same reasoning...

...thickness belong to bodies, and are the measurable aspects of pleasure. In this measurement " the limit of a pleasure in respect of intensity on the side...distinguished to be pleasure, may be represented by unity " ; but "there is no fixing upon any particular degree of intensity" as a maximum. Similarly, he says,...