Definition of eudaemonism in English:
eudaemonism
(also eudemonism)
nounjuːˈdiːmənɪz(ə)mjuˈdiməˌnɪzəm
mass nounA system of ethics that bases moral value on the likelihood of actions producing happiness.
幸福论
Example sentencesExamples
- He states, ‘Whereas Marxism called for the power of capital to be destroyed, eudemonism [the politics of happiness] calls for it to be ignored.’
- He suggests ‘eudemonism’: a political philosophy that proposes a society in which people can pursue the activities that truly improve their individual and collective wellbeing.
- Aristotelian Ethics make a system of Eudaemonism, but stop short of Deontology.
- The system there exposed is a system of Eudaemonism, not of Deontology.
Derivatives
noun
This second occasion may be termed, following Deleuze, Epicurean (or, for Kant, eudaemonist); as Deleuze points out, it does without the dual causality that the idea of incorporeal effects introduces.
adjectivejuːdiːməˈnɪstɪk
If this theory of value is combined with other elements of classic utilitarianism, the resulting theory can be called perfectionist consequentialism or, in deference to its Aristotelian roots, eudaemonistic consequentialism.
Example sentencesExamples
- In his work, he claimed that ethics is eudaemonistic - it is about the quest for the good life and the satisfaction of our basic needs.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Greek eudaimonismos 'system of happiness', from eudaimōn 'happy', from eu 'well' + daimōn 'guardian spirit'.
Definition of eudaemonism in US English:
eudaemonism
(also eudemonism)
nounjuˈdiməˌnɪzəmyo͞oˈdēməˌnizəm
A system of ethics that bases moral value on the likelihood that good actions will produce happiness.
幸福论
Example sentencesExamples
- He states, ‘Whereas Marxism called for the power of capital to be destroyed, eudemonism [the politics of happiness] calls for it to be ignored.’
- He suggests ‘eudemonism’: a political philosophy that proposes a society in which people can pursue the activities that truly improve their individual and collective wellbeing.
- Aristotelian Ethics make a system of Eudaemonism, but stop short of Deontology.
- The system there exposed is a system of Eudaemonism, not of Deontology.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Greek eudaimonismos ‘system of happiness’, from eudaimōn ‘happy’, from eu ‘well’ + daimōn ‘guardian spirit’.