Glossary H
Glossary H
Hedonism: refers to the idea held by the classical school, that people only act according to what they find pleasurable and in their self-interest. Hedonism refers to a philosophical doctrine maintaining that sensory pleasure is the goal of life; the ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.
the belief, first proposed by Jeremy Bentham, that behavior holds value to any individual undertaking it according to the amount of pleasure or pain that it can be expected to produce for that person.