eudemonism
noun
the doctrine that the basis of moral obligations is to be found in the tendency of right actions to produce happiness.
eudaemonism
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a variation of
eudemonism.
Example Sentences
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On the other hand attempts have been made to separate hedonism, as the search for a continuous series of physical pleasures, from eudaemonism, a condition of enduring mental satisfaction.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
It is true that pleasure is the summum bonum of Epicurus, but his conception of that pleasure is profoundly modified by the Socratic doctrine of prudence and the eudaemonism of Aristotle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
With this old pagan eudaemonism the sage of the Rubaiyat has quite as little to do as he has with any Christian variety.
From Heretics by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
