HEDONISM

MANINANG, MIKA ANDREA C.

PAYYAD, IANA ALEXIA A.
SAMANIEGO, APPLE MAE C.
 It defines what “to be happy”, in which it means

What is the spontaneously looks for satisfaction and happiness or

in philosophy ethical theory of pleasure in a sense of
meaning of satisfaction of desires.

HEDONISM? HAPPINESS  PLEASURE

Pleasure is defined in which he will have
Origin everything that is required to feel completely

                            
HEDONISM
satisfied.

Morality of Pleasure
EUDEMONISM
Morality of
Happiness
THOUGHT OF THE PRINCIPLE:
Epicurus lays the foundation of this philosophy. He
thinks that pleasure is the supreme value understood
as the primitive and innate good; the beginning and
 EPICURUS divides pleasures into corporal and
spiritual.
CORPORAL SPIRITUAL
the superior an desirable pleasure
consist of bringing
pleasure because they may to mind,
imagining or
be obtained at will projecting
PLEASURE joyfulACTIVE
actions.
PLEASURE PASSIVE PLEASURE

experienced by the soul as come to the soul is

something added by the
nature, something that
must be pursued outside
because it is not inherent
to it’s activity.
something inherent to it’s
activity, as satisfaction of
a need, the easy and
pleasant performance of
it’s operation.

Example: Example:

taking drugs, drinking drinking water after being

 EPICURUS CONCLUSION TO HEDONISM:
If spiritual pleasures are reduced to corporal pleasures
LIMITATIONS OF and if from such pleasures only the passive ones are to
PLEASURE be recognized as such, then the only purpose of life is
the pleasure that results from satisfying the most basic
needs of nature. Man requires an ascetic abstentionism.

THE GOAL MAN SHOULD DO WHATEVER GIVES HIM PLEASURE.

HE SHOULD LOOK FOR PLEASURE WITHOUT
UNEASINESS, WITH CONTROL OVER HIMSELF,
WITHOUT DISTURBANCE.

It has no end. But man has to reach

How do we reach happiness, which is the unique good and
the end? consists of obtaining as much as pleasure
as possible, and avoiding suffering, which
is the only evil.
EXAMPLES OF
HEDONISM
• If you’ve ever eaten too much candy at one time, you know how
this works. You may enjoy the candy at the time, but soon after 5

you get a terrible stomach-ache, and in the long run, your teeth
will rot away.

• In the Sims 2 games, you create characters with aspirations such

as wealth, family, or knowledge. One of the options is pleasure;
these characters just want to play around, dance, and have fun!
They’re the perfect hedonists. Unfortunately, just like the rest of
us, they usually have to go to work in order to make enough
money to pay for their pleasurable habits.

• Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King are major hedonists when

we first meet them. They roam around the jungle eating,
sleeping, singing, and having a good time. During his time
hanging out with Timon and Pumbaa, Simba forgets about his
home
References: and his
Philosophy responsibilities,
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CONNECTION OF HEDONISM TO
UTILITARIANISM AND ALTRUISTIC
UTILITARIANISM ALTRUISTIC
They can both view pleasure or An altruist is someone who puts
happiness as simple and everyone else’s happiness and
immediate, or complex and well-being above their own.
matured. Where they differ is the Altruism is the ultimate form of
scope of evaluation which justifies generosity and kindness. A woman
the behaviour as moral. Hedonism who gives away her last dollar to a
tends to be individualistic while homeless shelter is an example of
utilitarianism tends to be social. A an extreme altruist. However, you
utilitarian must evaluate the can still call yourself an altruist
happiness result for the total without hurting yourself; you
consequence of an action, which simply have to do things for other
typically effects many people. people with no expectation of
reward for yourself.
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