Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure

S1 E2: Jeremy Bentham’s Utilitarian theory, “the greatest good for the greatest number,” is used today as “cost-benefit analysis”. But is it fair to give more weight to the values of a majority, even when those may be inhumane? Also, J.S. Mill argues that all human experience can be quantifiable, and that some kinds of pleasures are more valuable than others. Which qualify as the “highest” pleasures?