noun. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.

noun. The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.

noun. The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.

noun. The doctrine of Aristippus and the Cyrenaic school of Greek philosophers, that the pleasure of the moment is the only possible end, that one kind of pleasure is not to be preferred to another, and that a man should in the interest of pleasure govern his pleasures and not be governed by them; hence, that ethical doctrine which regards pleasure or happiness as the highest good.

noun. The doctrine of the Hedonic sect; the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle.

noun. The ethical theory which finds the explanation and authority of duty in its tendency to give pleasure.

noun. The belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life. Some hedonists, such as the Epicureans, have insisted that pleasure of the entire mind, not just pleasure of the senses, is the highest good.

noun. A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.

noun. the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle

noun. an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good

"This distinction does not save you, because more sophisticated long-term hedonism is really no better than short-term hedonism both of which must be distinguished from disciplined action."

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