Describe the philosophy of hedonism
What does a hedonist think that moral goodness consists of?
- Hedonism: The view that pleasure is the only thing truly of value. Some hedonists emphasize the "higher" pleasures such as intellectual pursuits.
- The term "hedonism" is derived from the Greek root hedone, which means "pleasure."
- Early hedonists included Aristippus and Epicurus.
- Jeremy Bentham expanded this idea to psychological hedonism: The view that all human desire is necessarily directed to achieving pleasure and avoiding pain.
- Bentham advocated ethical hedonism: The moral view that human desire and action ought to be directed to achieving pleasure and avoiding pain.
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