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. Driving Away Bad Habits "Like Evil Men Who Have Long Done Us Great Harm" (Including Addictions)

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      • April 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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    2. A Fable on Unattainable Expectations 6

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      • October 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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    2. Scientific Support for Psychological Hedonism 19

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    2. Epicurean Golden Rule? 14

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    4. Don

      September 30, 2024 at 9:17 AM

    2. Why Minimizing All Desire Is Incorrect (And What To Do Instead) 34

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    4. Cassius

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    2. List of Epicurean philosophical remedies

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

      • Cassius
      • October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
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      October 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM

    2. Desiderata 2

      • Pacatus
      • August 2, 2023 at 7:02 PM
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    2. Ruminations on leading with “Pleasure and Pain as the Guide” v “The Goal is Pleasure” 4

      • Godfrey
      • June 9, 2023 at 7:07 AM
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    4. Cassius

      June 9, 2023 at 7:07 AM

    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

      • Cassius
      • February 26, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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    4. Don

      February 29, 2024 at 12:22 AM

    2. Sedley paper on Plato with interesting Epicurean implications 2

      • Don
      • April 30, 2022 at 7:32 AM
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    2. The Normal Curve of Pleasure 5

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      • July 23, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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    2. Health of the Body and Happiness of the Soul -vs- "The Goal is Pleasure" 4

      • Kalosyni
      • September 9, 2024 at 6:56 AM
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    4. Cassius

      September 9, 2024 at 6:56 AM

    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

      • Cassius
      • January 1, 2024 at 7:03 AM
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    4. Eikadistes

      January 27, 2024 at 5:25 PM

    2. How has the word epicurean come to mean excess? 22

      • ThinkingCat
      • May 19, 2023 at 6:50 PM
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    4. Cassius

      May 19, 2023 at 6:50 PM

    2. Perspectives On "Proving" That Pleasure is "The Good" 205

      • Todd
      • December 19, 2022 at 4:34 PM
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      • November 28, 2023 at 1:28 PM
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    2. Pleasure, Desire and Limits 36

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      • July 20, 2022 at 8:34 PM
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    4. Godfrey

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    2. Wanting vs Liking

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      • January 24, 2021 at 9:05 AM
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    2. Natural versus Unnatural 12

      • Matt
      • December 30, 2020 at 8:54 AM
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    4. Cassius

      January 10, 2021 at 12:33 PM

    2. Valueless Virtue in Modern Stoicism 16

      • Matt
      • January 10, 2019 at 8:48 AM
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    4. Condorcet

      January 22, 2019 at 6:28 PM

    2. Fundamental Issues In Hedonism 15

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      • December 14, 2023 at 9:52 AM
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    2. Tips On Offsetting Pleasures Against Pains 24

      • Cassius
      • November 28, 2023 at 8:27 AM
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    2. Pleasure vs pain - example and thoughts! 10

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    4. Don

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

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    2. Are You Epicurean Or Hieronymian? 26

      • Cassius
      • October 1, 2019 at 2:08 PM
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    2. You Only Live Once

      • Cassius
      • October 6, 2018 at 10:48 AM
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    2. A General Thought About The Future Of Epicurean Philosophy - On The Meaning of "Pleasure" 2

      • Cassius
      • April 13, 2018 at 12:54 PM
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    2. The Argument That the Good Of Animals is Not the Same As The Good of Human Beings

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      • March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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    2. "Peace and Safety" vs. "Conflict and Danger" 7

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      • February 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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    2. Questions re Pleasure 2

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    2. Does The Wise Man Groan and Cry Out When On The Rack / Under Torture / In Extreme Pain? 10

      • Cassius
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    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

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    2. Superstition and Friday the 13th 6

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    2. Epicurean Emporium 9

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    2. The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 2

      • Kalosyni
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