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 Hedonism is about making pleasure and happiness a high priority. Everyone wants to be happy, right?
Tropes about this hedonism can be divided into two categories. First, we have Ethical Hedonism, which is about caring about everyone's happiness (including one's own) in a responsible manner. On this good side, we have all reasonable versions of the philosophy of Ethical Hedonism. We also have a general desire for general happiness, based on empathy rather than philosophy.
Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })On the other hand, we have non-ethical hedonism, which fails by being too shortsighted, misguided, uncontrolled, egocentric, selfish or similar. On this bad side, we have everything from a juvenile quest for instant gratification to the joy of harassing innocent people. Here is also room for misguided utilitarian extremists as well as strawmen and Straw Hypocrites who conveniently "forget" that other people have feelings too.
There is also another division, this time in scale. The hedonism can be either on a macro level, affecting everyone or at least a lot of people. Or it can be on a micro level, affecting only Bob and Alice and the people closest to them. On the Micro side, we have people simply living their lives. On the Macro side we have those who try to bring happiness to everyone, or at least a wider circle of people than themselves and their personal circle of friends.
Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Because of the natural tendency to simplify things, Ethical Hedonism is sometimes known as Utilitarianism or Teleology. This is practically true, since Ethical Hedonism is the most widespread form of Utilitarianism and Utilitarianism is the most widespread form of Teleology. However, it is slightly inaccurate to call Teleology the same thing as Ethical Hedonism, since:
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