Concept
Preference
Overview
greater liking for one alternative over another or others
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A pleasure so preferred, he holds, is more desirable. But then, as we have seen, he holds that ‘to think of an object as desirable and to think of it as pleasant are one and the same thing’ (p. 58). He holds, therefore, that the preference of experts merely proves that one pleasure is pleasanter than another. But if that is so, how can he distinguish this standard from the standard of quantity of pleasure? Can one…
G. E. Moore, Principia Ethica
Names Preference several times; states what Preference is.
Fifthly, it is, by universal admission, inconsistent with justice to be _partial_; to show favour or preference to one person over another, in matters to which favour and preference do not properly apply. Impartiality, however, does not seem to be regarded as a duty in itself, but rather as instrumental to some other duty; for it is admitted that favour and preference are not always censurable, and indeed the cases…
John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism
Names Preference several times; states what Preference is.
1. _Representation of Lines by Equations._ Under _the first point of view_--the representation of lines by equations--the only reason which could lead us to prefer one system of co-ordinates to another would be the greater simplicity of the equation of each line, and greater facility in arriving at it. Now it is easy to see that there does not exist, and could not be expected to exist, any system of co-ordinates…
Auguste Comte, The philosophy of mathematics
Names Preference.
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- Utility
- Choice
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- Axiom
Place in the tradition
Part of Aesthetics.