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eu·dae·mon·ism also eu·dai·mon·ism or eu·de·mon·ism  (y-dm-nzm)

n.

A system of ethics that evaluates actions in terms of their capacity to produce happiness.

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eu·daemo·nist n.

eu·daemon·istic, eu·daemon·isti·cal adj.

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eudemonism, eudaemonism

Ethics. a moral system based upon the performance of right actions to achieve happiness. — eudemonist, eudaemonist, n.

See also: Happiness

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the ethical doctrine that the basis of morality lies in the tendency of right actions to produce happiness, especially in a life governed by reason rather than pleasure. — eudemonist, eudaemonist, n.

See also: Ethics