Determined to be more valuable to a human life

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1- Are all pleasures the same or are some pleasures determined to be more valuable to a human life than others?

2- how does Mill move from one%u2019s interest in one%u2019s own happiness to one%u2019s obligation to promote the happiness of others (i.e., how is he able to shift from the fact that we do desire our own individual happiness to the claim that we ought to foster universal happiness)?

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