Hedonism

n.	1.	The doctrine of the Hedonic sect; the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle.
	2.	The ethical theory which finds the explanation and authority of duty in its tendency to give pleasure.

Noun	1.	hedonism - the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle
	2.	hedonism - an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good

Christian ethics, Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, Stoicism, altruistic ethics, appetite, appetitiveness, aretaics, casuistry, categorical imperative, comparative ethics, 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, sybaritism, unchastity, utilitarianism, voluptuousness

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