Crossword-Solution: EUDAEMONISM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Eudaemonism | n. | That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being. |
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| eudemonism | 1 answer |
| ETHICS basing moral obligation on tendency of actions to produce happiness | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with EUDAEMONISM (5)
Whether it be hedonism, pessimism, utilitarianism, or eudaemonism, all those modes of thinking which measure the worth of things according to PLEASURE and PAIN, that is, according to accompanying circumstances and secondary considerations, are plausible modes of thought and naivetes, which every one conscious of CREATIVE powers and an artist's conscience will look down upon with scorn, though not without sympathy.
The term Eudaemonia has been taken in a large number of senses, with consequent variations in the meaning of Eudaemonism.
Among modern writers, James Seth (_Ethical Princ._, 1894) resumes Aristotle's position, and places Eudaemonism as the mean between the Ethics of Sensibility (hedonism) and the Ethics of Rationality, each of which overlooks the complex character of human life.
Here the eudaemonism is written on the forehead of the saying, since the receiving of these things—we must remember, too, the “hundredfold” in another passage—is future, not present, and will only “come” at the same time as the Kingdom of God.
But what does the metaphysician care about this real question! Having declared himself the avowed enemy of eudaemonism, he next seeks consolation, nothing but consolation.