Ethics - General Discussion

In this section we discuss Epicurean Ethics and how to live as an Epicurean in a world where there are no supernatural gods and no life after death.

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    2. Priorities: How To Rank "Pursuing Pleasure" vs. "Avoiding Pain" 2

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    2. Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13

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    2. Pleasure, Desire and Limits 36

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    2. Perspectives On "Proving" That Pleasure is "The Good" 209

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    2. Pathe - Notes On Usage

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    2. On The Relationship of Eudaemonia And Pleasure

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    2. On the associations between Virtue and Pleasure and my Epicurean Write up 1

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    2. On "Desires" And Their Relationship To Pleasure 30

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    2. Nietzsche Channeling Epicurus "Never Losing One's Own Way," and How To Proceed With Philosophical Therapy 3

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    2. New Book by Erler (Würzburg Center): "Epicurus: An Introduction to His Practical Ethics and Politics" 3

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    2. Natural versus Unnatural 12

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    2. My Best Summary As Of November 2018

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    2. My 2024 Resolution: Get A More Accurate Picture of Epicurean Pleasure To The World Rather Than "Tranquility" or "Live Unkown"(Comment on Irish Times Article) 15

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    2. Multiple Components Comprise the Epicurean Life 30

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    2. Mental pleasure/pain more intense and longer lasting than physical pleasure/pain 33

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    2. Maximum pleasure as absence of all pain: a philosophical question concerning neuroscientific and Epicurean outlook toward the feeling of pleasure 10

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    2. Major Observations and Conclusions of Epicurean Philosophy - An Outline

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    2. Major Controversies In Understanding Epicurean Philosophy

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    2. List of Epicurean philosophical remedies

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    2. Is pleasure as the natural goal of life falsifiable? 30

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    2. Is it true that "ataraxia is not physical pleasure, or even mental pleasure, but a state of inner calm?"

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    2. Is All Desire Painful? How Would Epicurus Answer? 25

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    2. Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30

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    2. Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics by David Sedley 1

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    2. Imagery On The Interplay Between "Pursue Pleasure" and 'Avoid Pain" 33

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    2. If We Agree For The Sake of Argument That "The Perfect Should Not Be The Enemy of The Good," then let's ask "What *Should* We Consider To Be The Proper Relationship Between The Perfect And The Good?" 8

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    2. If Death Is Nothing To Us, Then Life Is Everything to Us 29

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    2. Identifying And Dealing With Significant Error / Mistakes in Ourselves (and Others)

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