ABSTRACT
The British utilitarian Jeremy Bentham offers a relatively simple model of phenomenal value. According to Bentham, experiences of pleasure and pain are necessary and sufficient for whatever phenomenal value there is. Bentham characterizes amounts of phenomenal value in terms of 'dimensions of value.' There are various forms of hedonism, so there are various ways one might give evaluative experience pride of place. Hedonism about well-being understands the constitution of well-being as a matter of the positive and negative experiences that occur within a life. Regarding the relationship between phenomenal character and phenomenal value, it is worth asking whether a change in an experience's valence is the only factor relevant to explaining changes in the value an experience bears. One hedonist-friendly way of accommodating mixed feelings is to claim that they necessarily contain value and disvalue in virtue of the mix.
