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Eudemonism

Noun

eu=de=mon=ism

WORDNET DICTIONARY

eudemonism(n = noun.cognition) endaemonism - an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason; Array

is a kind of ethics, moral philosophy

Eudemonism, n. [Gr. a thinking happy, fr, blessed with a good genius, happy; e'y^ well, good + one's demon of genius. See Demon.].

That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.

Eudemonism, n. (also eudaemonism) a system of ethics that bases moral obligation on the likelihood of actions producing happiness.

Derivative

eudemonist n. eudemonistic adj.

Etymology

Gk eudaimonismos system of happiness f. eudaimon happy (as EU-, daimon guardian spirit)

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