"I myself regard enjoyment and suffering (defined more broadly to include milder pain and discomfort) as not only the …"

"I have also no difficulties saying that my welfare level is positive, zero, or negative. When I am neither enjoying n…"

"One way to see the unacceptability of welfare-independent rights is to ask the question ‘why Right X?’ to a very ulti…"

"[T]he real per capita income of the world now is about 7-8 times that of a century ago. If we proceed along an enviro…"

"[W]hile the problem of interpersonal comparability of utility is a tricky one, it is not insoluble in principle. It i…"

"As there are many areas of inadequate optimization (departures), and resource limitation and information costs preven…"

"With adequate safeguards and cautious preparation, genetic engineering could be used to relieve suffering and increas…"

"In my view...intrinsically, happiness is the only thing that is of value. Other things may have instrumental value. F…"

"In China, until about 100 years ago people believed that if your husband died, no matter how young you were, you coul…"

"When people’s income are low and at the survival, starvation level, then having enough to eat just to survive is very…"