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Hedonism

Hedonism is a family of philosophical views that prioritize pleasure. Psychological hedonism is the theory that all human behavior is motivated by the desire to maximize pleasure and minimize pain.

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Hedonism

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Edges186
Triples163
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Modern and contemporary · 22
Hedonism → According, Age, At, Bentham's, Christian, David Hume, Enlightenment, Epicurean, He, Henry Sidgwick, His, In, Jeremy Bentham, John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Joseph Butler, Lorenzo Valla, Marquis, One, Sade
related to Ancient · 20
Hedonism → Aristippus, Aristotle, BCE, Cynics, Cyrenaics, Cyrene, Epic, Epicureanism, Epicurus, Following, Following Antisthenes, Gilgamesh, Greek, He, It, Lucretius, Plato, Some, The, The Stoics
related to Medieval · 17
Hedonism → Augustine, Avicenna, Both, CE, Christian, Epicureanism, Farabi, God, Greek, He, Hedonist, Hippo, In Islamic, Razi, Similar, The, Thomas Aquinas
related to Others · 11
Hedonism → Aesthetic, For, It, Most, Negative, Others, Outside, Some, Sometimes, The, This
related to Axiological hedonism · 10
Hedonism → According, An, Axiological, In, It, Money, Qualitative, The, They, This
related to Non-hedonism and asceticism · 10
Hedonism → Another, Asceticism, However, It, Most, Motivations, Non-hedonist, One, The, This
is a · 9
Hedonism → family of philosophical views that prioritize pleasure, influential position in this field as a theory of animal welfare, theory about the nature of aesthetic value or beauty, theory that all human behavior is motivated by the desire to maximize pleasure and minimize pain, thesis that the direct pursuit of pleasure is counterproductive, thesis that the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain are the highest moral principles of human behavior, view that all human actions aim at increasing pleasure and avoiding pain, view that pleasure is the sole source of intrinsic value, view that pleasure is the ultimate source of all value
related to Happiness, well-being, and eudaimonia · 9
Hedonism → According, Another, It, One, Some, The, There, This, Well-being
related to Psychological hedonism · 9
Hedonism → Another, As, Darwinian, For, It, Psychological, Some, The, This
related to Ethical hedonism · 8
Hedonism → As, Ethical, For, It, Peter Singer, Theories, This, Utilitarian

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pleasure pain value happiness people view psychological good form well-being experiences pleasures ethical axiological like person one others human positive

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Hedonismis aview that all human actions aim at increasing pleasure and avoiding pain0.90text
Hedonismis aview that pleasure is the ultimate source of all value0.90text
Hedonismis athesis that the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain are the highest moral principles of human behavior0.90text
Hedonismis atheory about the nature of aesthetic value or beauty0.90text
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Hedonismis ainfluential position in this field as a theory of animal welfare0.90text
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