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The Hedonism Fallacy
Whatever it takes to feel good, right?
“I understand the animals suffer, and I know the environment is dying, but life is short. I’m just here for a good time, and eating a chicken curry brings me joy. Who the hell cares?”
Fair play. I don’t know if I should adopt this mindset myself.
I got mine
If I were to genuinely believe that my personal pleasure justifies causing unnecessary harm, I would be leaning heavily into Ethical Hedonism.
Ethical or normative hedonism is the thesis that the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain are the highest moral principles of human behavior.
I think there’s already too much individualism and self-interest in the world right now to fully embrace this philosophy. Sure I’m no saint but I want to try and be considerate.
Honestly? CBA.
CBA to write out anything for this 😅 maybe I’ll look this up later but this doesn’t really align with my ethical framework. Living a life guided purely by the pursuit of pleasure just seems shallow and isolating to me.
Feel free to send me some solid reasoning before I dig further into this. Maybe I’ll get to it 😛