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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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Ethical hedonism is said to have been started by Aristippus of Cyrene. | Ethical hedonism is said to have been started by Aristippus of Cyrene. | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
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File:Orgasmatron_from_Sleeper.png|Orgasmatron, from ''Sleeper'' by Woody Allen. | |||
File:Angry_Feller_Karl_Jones_600x800.jpg|link=Angry Feller (nonfiction)|[[Angry Feller]] denouncing hedonism. | File:Angry_Feller_Karl_Jones_600x800.jpg|link=Angry Feller (nonfiction)|[[Angry Feller]] denouncing hedonism. | ||
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* [[Liberace's Bathtub]] | * [[Liberace's Bathtub]] | ||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)]] | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 06:13, 7 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
Orgasmatron, from Sleeper by Woody Allen.
Angry Feller denouncing hedonism.
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Hedonism @ Wikipedia