Hedonism in philosophy

Our every action is done so that we will not be in pain or fear. [...]

This is why we say that pleasure is the beginning and the end of a completely happy life. For we
recognize it as the primary and innate good, we honour it in everything we accept or reject, and we
achieve it if we judge every good thing by the standard of how that thing affects us.

Epicurus: Letter zo Menoikos (Menoeceus)

What is a criterion of good in philosophy of Epicurus?

Utilitarianism in philosophy

A: “The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle,
holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to
produce the reverse of happiness. ...“

John Stuart Mill: Bentham: Utilitarianism

B: „ Z utilitarizmu vyplýva, že cieľom, ktorému má slúžiť konanie prinášajúce najlepšie možné

dôsledky, je maximálne šťastie pre maximálne množstvo ľudí [...], čo má tiež prinášať maximum
príjemného, prípadne maximálne uspokojenie túžby a záujmu [...].

Vasil Gluchman: Dejiny etického myslenia v Európe a USA

1. Define utilitarianism according to an extract from the work of John Stuart Mill.
2. Find in the work of the Slovak philosopher Vasil Gluchman hedonistic, eudaimonistic and
consequentialist aspect of utilitarianism.
3. Identify in your action (in your personal life) hedonistic, eudaimonistic and consequentialist
aspect.