Editing Pleasure (section)

=== Ethics ===
Pleasure is related not just to how we actually act, but also to how we ought to act, which belongs to the field of ''[[ethics]]''. [[Ethical hedonism]] takes the strongest position on this relation in stating that considerations of increasing pleasure and decreasing pain fully determine what we should do or which action is right.<ref name="Weijers">{{cite web |last1=Weijers |first1=Dan |title=Hedonism |url=https://iep.utm.edu/hedonism/ |website=Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref> ''Ethical hedonist theories'' can be classified in relation to whose pleasure should be increased. According to the [[Ethical egoism|egoist]] version, each agent should only aim at maximizing her own pleasure. This position is usually not held in very high esteem.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shaver |first1=Robert |title=Egoism: 2. Ethical Egoism |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/egoism/#EthiEgoi |website=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University |access-date=2 February 2021 |date=2019}}</ref><ref name="Weijers"/> [[Utilitarianism]], on the other hand, is a family of altruist theories that are more respectable in the philosophical community. Within this family, [[Utilitarianism#Classical utilitarianism|classical utilitarianism]] draws the closest connection between pleasure and right action by holding that the agent should maximize the sum-total of everyone's happiness.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Driver |first1=Julia |title=The History of Utilitarianism: 2. The Classical Approach |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/utilitarianism-history/#ClaApp |website=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University |access-date=2 February 2021 |date=2014}}</ref><ref name="Weijers"/> This sum-total includes the agent's pleasure as well, but only as one factor among many.