The fact that we can divide these varying experiences into “pleasant” and “unpleasant” ones does suggest that they have something in common at some level in the brain, though. Then perhaps utilitarianism can be about maximizing expected pleasantness instead of expected pleasure.
The fact that we can divide these varying experiences into “pleasant” and “unpleasant” ones does suggest that they have something in common at some level in the brain, though. Then perhaps utilitarianism can be about maximizing expected pleasantness instead of expected pleasure.