Hedonism

Why does Camus believe that ‘There is only one really serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide’ (The Myth of Sisyphus)? (Exam 2010) In ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’, Albert Camus claims that the question of suicide, which is fairly synonymous with the problem of the meaning of life, is the ‘only really serious philosophical problem’. This essay will argue that Camus does so because he believes it is the original, unavoidable question, and because he believes his theory of the absurd can…

Gym, tan, laundry - referenced by the acronym “GTL” - is a routine consistently abided by in the MTV reality series Jersey Shore, which follows the lives of a co-ed group of individuals who live together in a house on the New Jersey Shoreline (Sherry & Martin, 2014, p. 1273, 1279). This series, which began in 2009, quickly gained prominence in pop culture. “Jersey Shore: Part Fantasy, Part Train Wreck, Cloaked in Neoliberalism” by Mark Sherry and Katie Martin explores the aspects of the Jersey…

It was February 1946 when John Maulchly presented to the public the ENIAC, a room-sized elaborator, that we can call the first computer.It was expensive, bulky, and oftentimes technically prohibitive machine. All that was requested from it was to compute numbers. Like Darwin theorized the evolution of man from the apes, computers evolved too. They got cheaper, smaller, and easy to use. They acquired monitors and peripherals, a lot of plug-ins peripherals that became a common possession for the…

survivor, because they each teacher her to have a characteristic of themselves; Momma teaches Ritie to be disciplined and moral, Grandmother Baxter teaches Ritie about sinisterness and power, while Mother Dear teaches Ritie to be independent and have hedonism. Annie Henderson, or Momma, is Ritie’s mother-figure, throughout most of her childhood and the book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. This influence conditions and…

Relativism is the belief that each culture defines their own morality and because of this we should not judge a cultures morality because one is not better than the other. Acceptance is a strength of relativism, because it could promote the idea that we are all different and we should all accept each other for who we are. Another of its strengths is allowing people to choose a moral code to live by and not be subjected to one way of thinking. However there are some downsides to relativism, for…

Ambrosia - the nectar sustenance of the Greek pantheon - consisted of a fermented honey that granted immortality to all lips it touched. An earthly counterpart was consumed throughout the ancient Aegean world as an entheogen, a psychoactive substance used in religious ceremonies. Of course, worshipers also inebriated themselves with the "gift of the vines," loving wine to the point of creating an entire deity, Dionysus, to personify and exalt the experience. Like the ancients, modern society…

consonance between their personal and cultural values with age. At the end of the second study, they received the same results as the first study. Both studies were done through the administration of survey that cover 10 items: power, achievement, hedonism, stimulation, self-direction, universalism, benevolence, tradition, conformity, and security. The data presented in this article is accurate and reliable. There were no noted limitations in the text and the article was published in May of…

is sometimes called moral philosophy, although this is but a single part of the broad field of ethics, (Solomon & Higgins7). Since the time of the great philosopher Plato, people have asked the question, "what is the good life?" The philosophy of hedonism states that the good life involves getting all the pleasures out of life as one possibly can, (Solomon & Higgins 254) Socrates and some others people believed there must be certain limitations in life. Just like Socrates, I agree there must be…

decisions are finite. Socrates once said “The life that is unexamined is not worth living.” This quote appeals to me, but I think life can be lived without being examined. Hedonism, the pursuit of pleasure, for example focuses on the net of pleasure one gets from life. I compare it to my vacation to Chicago or Yellowstone, but hedonism loses meaning when we need to register to fully understand what we…

continue and kill the 200 passengers, or he can choose to throw the man next to him, a complete stranger, on to the tracks and that person, but him alone, will die instead and the train will not crash. Ethical Hedonism is additionally a vital concept to Mill’s theory of morality. Ethical Hedonism describes happiness, as the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the measure of right and wrong. For the pursuit of happiness is really just the “ desire for pleasure inherent in…