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'''Hedonism''' is a school of thought that argues that pleasure is the primary or most important intrinsic good. | [[File:The_Procuress_Jan_Vermeer.jpg|thumb|''The Procuress'' by Jan Vermeer.]]'''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). | 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. | 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. | ||
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It is also the idea that every person's pleasure should far surpass their amount of pain. | 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 | Ethical hedonism is said to have been started by Aristippus of Cyrene. | ||
== | == In the News == | ||
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File:Orgasmatron from Sleeper.png|link=Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|Tiny [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|spacecraft]] with [[Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|alien "Happy Ending" software]] converts human sweat into [[Extract of Radium]]. | |||
File:Angry_Feller_Karl_Jones_600x800.jpg|link=Angry Feller (nonfiction)|[[Angry Feller]] denouncing hedonism, says it will lead to [[Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|artificial hedonism]]. | |||
File:The Love Slave and the Scientists.jpg|link=Turpentine delight|Analysis of human earlobe reveals new flavors of [[Turpentine delight]]. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Liberace's Bathtub]] | * [[Liberace's Bathtub]] | ||
== External links | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism Hedonism] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism Hedonism] @ Wikipedia | ||
Latest revision as of 20:45, 16 April 2018
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.
In the News
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.
Analysis of human earlobe reveals new flavors of Turpentine delight.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Hedonism @ Wikipedia