Political Science · Political Theory
Hedonism is associated with?
ALiberalism
BMarxism
CPost-modernism
DUtilitarianism ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Utilitarianism — Hedonism is most closely associated with utilitarianism.
Explanation
★Hedonism is most closely associated with utilitarianism.
★Hedonism is the belief that pleasure is the most important thing in life.
★Utilitarianism judges actions by the pleasure or happiness they produce.
★Jeremy Bentham measured pleasure through his felicific or hedonic calculus.
★He treated all pleasures as comparable in quantity, the famous push pin equals poetry idea.
★J.S. Mill refined this by distinguishing higher pleasures from lower ones.
★So the pleasure principle of hedonism forms the ethical core of utilitarian thought.
Want more like this? Create a free account to practise a full test, track your progress, and get spaced-repetition review.
Shared by Mcqkart · via Mcqkart.in