Meaning of HEDONISM

Pronunciation:			'heed`nizum
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good [n]  the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle
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	See Also:		ethical motive, ethics, ethics, moral philosophy, morality, morals
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	Related Terms:		altruistic ethics, appetite, appetitiveness, aretaics, casuistry, categorical imperative, Christian ethics, comparative ethics, Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, deontology, egoistic ethics, empiricism, epicureanism, epicurism, ethical formalism, ethical hedonism, ethical philosophy, ethology, ethonomics, eudaemonics, eudaemonism, evolutionism, golden rule, hedonic calculus, hedonics, intuitionism, luxuriousness, luxury, moral philosophy, perfectionism, pleasure principle, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, psychological hedonism, sensualism, sensuality, sensualness, situation ethics, Stoicism, sybaritism, unchastity, utilitarianism, voluptuousness