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Revision as of 09:45, 14 June 2016
Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that pleasure is the primary or most important intrinsic good.
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, assuming that their actions do not infringe on the equal rights of others.
It is also the idea that every person's pleasure should far surpass their amount of pain.
Ethical hedonism is said to have been started by Aristippus of Cyrene.
Fiction cross-reference
Tiny spacecraft with alien "Happy Ending" software converts human sweat into Extract of Radium.
Angry Feller denouncing hedonism, says it will lead to artificial hedonism.
Nonfiction cross-reference
The Orgasmatron from Sleeper by Woody Allen is a precursor to artificial hedonism.
External links
- Hedonism @ Wikipedia