Is about the ethical theory that pleasure (in the sense of the satisfaction of desires) is the highest good and proper aim of human life.

1. Hedonism
By: Juan Garcia, Isabella Breve, Joshua Erazo,
Sebastian Avila, Jessica Wood

2. Introduction
Hedonism is the ethical theory
that pleasures.
Is also the highest good and
proper aim of human life.

3. In Hedonism, people think that what makes
them happy is good. Things that avoid pain
are also good. Hedonism is focused around
pleasure. There are different beliefs in
hedonism. Some people believe it is
important to get as many pleasurable
experiences as possible, others believe that
the quality of the pleasure matters. They
think there are higher and lower pleasures.

4. History of Hedonism
Perhaps the earliest example of founded by Aristippus of Cyrene, in the 4th Century B.C.
Hedonism was the philosophy of the Cyrenaics, an early Socratic school. The Cyrenaics
emphasized one side only of Socrates' teaching that happiness is one of
the ends of moral action.

5. Ancient
Hedonism
Ancient Greeks looked to the natural world and
agreed that every organism was motivated to
act for its own good but differed as to whether
that “good” was pleasure.

6. Christian philosophers of the Middle Ages denounced Epicurean hedonism as
inconsistent with the Christian aims of avoiding sin, obeying the will of God,
cultivating virtues such as charity and faith, and seeking a reward in the afterlife
for sacrifice and suffering on earth.
Hedonism during the Middle
Ages and Renaissance

7. Who Founded Hedonism?
Aristippus, (born c. 435 bce,
Cyrene, Libya—died c. 356,
Athens [Greece]). The first of
Socrates’ disciples to
demand a salary for teaching
philosophy.

8. Philosophers Who Argued About
Hedonism
Epicurus William
James
Sigmun
Freud
Jeremy
Bentham
01 02 03 04

9. Types Of Hedonism
Determine what we
should do, or which
action is right.
Ethical
Hedonism
States that all our
actions aim at increasing
pleasure and avoiding
pain.
Psychological
Hedonism
The thesis that only
pleasure
has intrinsic value.
Axiological
Hedonism
The influential view in
the field of aesthetics
that beauty or
aesthetic value.
Aesthetic
Hedonism

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