Hedonism (ETHICS)

Ethics

A type of modern Philosophy; concerned with what is morally good and bad.

Descriptive Ethics

Empirical or observational study of morals and practices of different peoples and cultures

Normative Ethics

Criteria for what is morally right and wrong

Applied Ethics

Another term for Normative Ethics

(1) Deontological; (2) Consequential

Two categories of Ethics

Deontological

Focuses on the relationship between morals, duty, and human action

Consequential

Asserts that moral value lies in the result/consequence of an action being done

Hedonism

What is morally right and wrong comes from what is most pleasurable to an individual

Hedone

the Greek goddess of pleasure, enjoyment and delight, to which the word Hedonism is derived

Aristipus

Said that “the goal of a good life should be to avoid pain and to pursue pleasure”

Epicurus, Epicureanism

______ was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded _____, a form of Hedonism that declares pleasure to be its sole intrinsic goal.

Epicurian Hedonism

What kind of hedonism is this: “we recognize pleasure as the first good innate in us and from pleasure we begin every act of choice and avoidance, and to pleasure we return again, using the feeling as the standard by which we judge every good”

Pleasure Principle (ID)

the part of your animal brain that is driven by pleasure and repulsed by pain.

(1) Kinetic; (2) Static

The two types of pleasure

Kinetic

Comes from the senses such as taste, sound, texture, temperature.

Static

Simply the absence of pain, since “freedom from pain in the body and trouble in the mind” is the ultimate aim of a happy life

Pleasure

Can be short lived and visceral

Happiness

Is long lived and can be referred to as Eudaimonia – a state or condition of wellbeing

PLEASURE is not equal to HAPPINESS

True

Aristipus

Whose principle is this: The search for kinetic pleasures without harming fellowmen

Epicurus

Whose principle is this: Minimizing pain in order to maximize static pleasure