1) Devotion to pleasure 2) Epicurean doctrine 3) Ethical motive 4) Ethics 5) Morality 6) Morals 7) Philosophical movement 8) Philosophy of epicurus 9) Taking pleasure in pleasure
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1) Overindulgence
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Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that pleasure is the primary or most important intrinsic good. In very simple terms, a hedonist strives to maximize net pleasure (pleasure minus pain). Ethical hedonism is the idea that all people have the right to do everything in their power to achieve the greatest amount of pleasure possible to them, ...
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belief that pleasure is the highest good
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Ethical theory that pleasure or happiness is, or should be, the main goal in life. Hedonist sects in ancient Greece were the
Cyrenaics, who held that the pleasure of the moment is the only human...
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(he´don-iz-әm) pleasure-seeking behavior. the ethical doctrine that regards pleasure and happiness as the highest good. in psychology, the theory that the attainment of pleasure and the avoidance of pain are the prime motivators of human behavior. adj., hedon´ic., adj.
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Pleasure-seeking behavior. Contrast with anhedonia.
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Hed'on·ism noun 1. The doctrine of the Hedonic sect.
2. The ethical theory which finds the explanation and authority of duty in its tendency to give pleasure.
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in moral philosophy, the doctrine that 'good' is that which contributes to pleasure or diminishes pain. The most influential of classical hedonistic philosophers was Epicurus; more recent hedonistic philosophies include those of the utilitarians (Jeremy Bentham, James and John Stuart Mill among them).
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Hedonism is the ethical theory according to which pleasure is held to be the chief good.
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n] - the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle 2. [n] - an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
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hedonism 1. The doctrine or theory of ethics in which pleasure is regarded as the chief good, or the proper end of action. 2. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses. 3. In philosophy, the ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good. 4. In psychology...
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noun an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
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Ethical theory that pleasure or happiness is, or should be, the main goal in life. Hedonist sects in ancient Greece were the Cyrenaics, who held that the pleasure of the moment is the only human good, and the Epicureans, who advocated the pursuit of pleasure under the direction of reason. Modern hedonistic philosophies, such as those of the British...
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[Philosophical isms] an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
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[Difficult words] an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
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[Obscure words] an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
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