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. Things that happen after we die 7

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    2. Graphic - Cassius To Cicero - A Question of Word Choice 2

      • Cassius
      • February 11, 2018 at 8:53 AM
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      February 11, 2018 at 9:50 AM

    2. Fundamental Issues In Hedonism 15

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    2. Regarding categories | Will to Power: a natural or un-natural desire? 7

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      • August 7, 2021 at 10:04 AM
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    2. Pleasure vs pain - example and thoughts! 10

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      • May 21, 2023 at 9:08 PM
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    4. Don

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

      • Cassius
      • December 23, 2018 at 10:13 AM
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    2. Why Minimizing All Desire Is Incorrect (And What To Do Instead) 34

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      • December 8, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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    2. How would you respond to an existentialist who says "You Epicureans have chosen pleasure as your meaning but it's not universal" do Epicureans hold that pleasure is the universal Good? 13

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      • June 15, 2023 at 12:36 AM
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    2. Hiram Crespo on The Pursuit of Happiness, Epicurean Philosophy, and Changing Your Mindset 6

      • Hiram
      • December 14, 2018 at 2:23 PM
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      • December 17, 2018 at 12:22 PM
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      December 17, 2018 at 12:22 PM

    2. Epicurean Golden Rule? 14

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    2. A Debate About Hedonism

      • Cassius
      • January 13, 2018 at 3:35 PM
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    2. "Objective Morality" 3

      • Hiram
      • December 26, 2018 at 11:51 AM
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      December 26, 2018 at 5:52 PM

    2. The Meaning of Eudaemonia - "Good Demon" 1

      • Cassius
      • January 22, 2018 at 9:56 AM
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      • January 22, 2018 at 10:50 AM
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      January 22, 2018 at 10:50 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. New Book by Erler (Würzburg Center): "Epicurus: An Introduction to His Practical Ethics and Politics" 2

      • Titus
      • June 24, 2021 at 3:39 PM
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    2. Epicureans On Kingship 15

      • Cassius
      • August 2, 2022 at 10:16 AM
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      • October 10, 2022 at 5:11 AM
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    2. Epicurean virtues listed by importance 8

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      • January 28, 2019 at 8:45 PM
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    2. Scientific Support for Psychological Hedonism 19

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    2. Explaining In Summary Form How A Man In Extreme Pain Can Be Said To Be "Happy" 22

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      • April 20, 2024 at 5:38 AM
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    2. Some Epicurean conclusions 7

      • Stan85
      • May 19, 2018 at 7:23 PM
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      • May 25, 2018 at 4:38 AM
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    4. Cassius

      May 25, 2018 at 4:38 AM

    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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      • January 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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    2. Natural versus Unnatural 12

      • Matt
      • December 30, 2020 at 8:54 AM
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    2. After Religion and Death, The Third Greatest Threat To Happiness As The Highest Goal of Life 5

      • Cassius
      • December 27, 2018 at 4:33 PM
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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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    2. Epicureanism Vs Asceticism 8

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      • March 12, 2019 at 9:44 AM
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    2. Tips On Offsetting Pleasures Against Pains 24

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      • November 28, 2023 at 8:27 AM
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    2. If Death Is Nothing To Us, Then Life Is Everything to Us 29

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    2. Would There Be Benefit In Adapting the "Benjamin Franklin Journaling Model" To Our Discussion of Practical Exercises? 16

      • Cassius
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    2. As to the Term "Hedonic Calculus" or the "Calculus of Advantage" 22

      • Cassius
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    2. We Need A Game Show With A Lightning Round Question: "Happiness or Pleasure? - Why?" 28

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    2. Did Epicurus Intend To Commit Suicide By Drinking Unmixed Wine On His Last Day? 5

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    2. Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 6

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    2. The “Absence of Pain” Problem 11

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    2. Epicurean philosophy skewing toward elements of Stoicism in the time of Lucretius?? 9

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    2. Preconceptions and PD24 42

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