I offer an interpretation of John Stuart Mill's theory of higher and lower pleasures in his Utilitarianism. I argue that the quality of pleasure is best understood as the density of pleasure per unit of delivery. Mill is illustrated with numerous beer examples. "Mill v. Miller, or Higher and Lower Pleasures "

Steven D. Hales

Beer and Philosophy

Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing

Pp. 97-109

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