![]() ![]() Moreover, I show that this difference in hedonic adaptation rates. Some of these associated loci related to other previously reported variants such as those for educational attainment and subjective well-being. leading to both greater happiness and greater unhappiness for experiential purchases. From their genome-wide association study, they discovered 6 statistically significant, independent gene loci associated with hedonic well-being, which was measured through participant responses to a single question on a questionnaire. In this study, researchers analyzed genetic and questionnaire data from the UK Biobank participants, a large group of men and women living in the UK. To build on such research, a very interesting article recently published in Scientific Reports investigates whether genetic factors exist to influence hedonism. Aristippus (435356 bce) taught that the goal of life is to experience the maximum amount of pleasure and that happiness consists of the totality of one’s hedonic moments (Laertius, 1925). ![]() This sense of hedonic well-being, it turns out, has some genetic basis, as shown by the results of twin-family studies done in the past. AbstractThis chapter provides an overview of hedonic and eudaimonic approaches to well-being, both with roots traceable to the ancient Greeks. In other words, under the framework of hedonic thought, pleasure is good and should be pursued. This view has important implications not only for moral philosophy, but also for the emerging field of hedonic psychology. Hedonism, founded by philosophers such as Aristippus and popularized by stories such as Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, is the concept of pursuing pleasure as the way to wellbeing. Feldman shows that if we understand happiness as he proposes, it becomes reasonable to suppose that a persons well-being is determined by his or her level of happiness. What's the point of life if not happiness? This is a question most of us have probably asked at some point in our lives.
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