RSS

Hedonism

TagLast edit: Aug 22, 2022, 8:00 PM by Leo

Hedonism is the moral theory according to which all and only pleasant and unpleasant states have intrinsic value.

Further reading

Chappell, Richard Y., Darius Meissner & William MacAskill (2022) Hedonism, in ‘Theories of well-being’, An Introduction to Utilitarianism.

Moore, Andrew (2004) Hedonism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, April 20 (updated 13 December 2019).

Related entries

axiology | introspective hedonism

Really rad­i­cal empathy

MichaelStJulesJan 6, 2025, 5:46 PM
30 points
3 comments10 min readEA link

Some im­pli­ca­tions of rad­i­cal empathy

MichaelStJulesJan 7, 2025, 4:10 PM
15 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Welfare Range Estimates

Bob FischerJan 23, 2023, 11:37 AM
351 points
133 comments16 min readEA link

Min­i­mal­ist views of wellbeing

Teo AjantaivalJul 15, 2023, 10:18 AM
58 points
5 comments13 min readEA link

[Question] What do you think is the prob­a­bil­ity of eth­i­cal he­do­nism be­ing true?

Vasco Grilo🔸Oct 20, 2022, 10:39 AM
18 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Book Re­view: Deon­tol­ogy by Jeremy Bentham

ketchupduckAug 12, 2020, 1:45 PM
50 points
10 comments16 min readEA link

In­tro­duc­tion to the Philos­o­phy of Well-Being

finmDec 7, 2020, 12:32 PM
45 points
22 comments6 min readEA link

What is a neu­tral life like?

JackMApr 16, 2022, 3:57 PM
42 points
10 comments6 min readEA link

Con­tact with reality

Joe_CarlsmithFeb 15, 2021, 4:53 AM
47 points
4 comments21 min readEA link

Ex­pe­ri­en­tial­ist The­o­ries of Well-Being

andzuckFeb 19, 2021, 8:26 PM
34 points
0 comments12 min readEA link

[Question] What are the best ar­gu­ments for an ex­clu­sively he­do­nis­tic view of value?

MichaelStJulesOct 19, 2019, 4:11 AM
6 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Life Satis­fac­tion and its Discontents

MichaelPlantSep 25, 2020, 7:54 AM
71 points
24 comments3 min readEA link

The Welfare Range Table

Bob FischerNov 7, 2022, 10:19 AM
365 points
17 comments8 min readEA link

Dis­man­tling He­donism-in­spired Mo­ral Realism

Lukas_GloorJan 27, 2022, 5:06 PM
39 points
21 comments16 min readEA link

Plea­sure and suffer­ing are not con­cep­tual opposites

MichaelStJulesAug 11, 2024, 6:32 PM
32 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Ex­pe­rience size

trammellOct 7, 2024, 9:43 PM
101 points
14 comments20 min readEA link

New Guest Es­says on He­donism [Utili­tar­i­anism.net]

Richard Y Chappell🔸Aug 26, 2022, 12:36 AM
39 points
5 comments1 min readEA link
(www.utilitarianism.net)

Para­dox of Hedonism

Lorenzo BuscicchiSep 18, 2022, 11:46 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(iep.utm.edu)

[Question] Do you re­ject ax­iolog­i­cal he­do­nism, and what ev­i­dence is there for any al­ter­na­tive view?

NunikJan 19, 2025, 3:18 PM
14 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

What would an an­i­mal-friendly yet com­mon sense moral frame­work look like? Re­ject­ing he­do­nism, ac­cept­ing in­com­men­su­ra­bil­ity of values

Engin ArıkanDec 22, 2024, 7:21 PM
19 points
5 comments17 min readEA link

Don’t Balk at An­i­mal-friendly Results

Bob FischerJan 16, 2023, 11:52 AM
152 points
7 comments14 min readEA link

Against meta-eth­i­cal hedonism

Joe_CarlsmithDec 2, 2022, 12:19 AM
27 points
2 comments35 min readEA link
No comments.