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Hedonism is a school of ethics which argues that pleasure has an ultimate importance, and that humanity's most important pursuit is sensual self-indulgence. The name derives from the Greek word for "...
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Hedonism: what is it? ... Philosophers commonly distinguish between psychological hedonism and ethical hedonism. Psychological hedonism is the view that humans are psychologically constructed in such a way that we exclusively desire pleasure.
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The refinement of hedonism as an ethical theory involves several surprising and important distinctions. ... Ethical Hedonism (a prescriptive theory) whether or not people pursue pleasure, they should or ought to do so. A right action is productive of pleasure; a wrong action is productive of pain.
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Hedonism in philosophy. ... Ethical hedonism says either that pleasure alone (or 'happiness', which is usually not distinguished from pleasure by hedonists) is ultimately good, or that every action should aim to maximize pleasure;
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Psychological hedonism should be distinguished from ethical hedonism. Psychological hedonism affirms that the motives of human action are to be found in the ...
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Ethical hedonism involves working towards an improved quality of life for all people, not just in our own community or even our own lifetime ... I am motivated towards ethical hedonism by the belief that this is the only life we will ever have. I believe that when we are dead we are dead. That's it - there is no more -
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the thesis that pleasure is the highest good: that only pleasure has value in itself. ... It is sometimes called ethical hedonism, to distinguish it from psychological hedonism. ... Pleasure is not the same as happiness, so hedonism is not the same as eudaimonism, the thesis that happiness is the highest good." ;
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