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| the doctrine that the basis of moral obligations is to be found in the tendency of right actions to produce happiness. |
| eu·dae·mon·ism also eu·dai·mon·ism or eu·de·mon·ism (yōō-dē'mə-nĭz'əm) n. A system of ethics that evaluates actions in terms of their capacity to produce happiness. eu·dae'mo·nist n., eu·dae'mon·is'tic, eu·dae'mon·is'ti·cal adj. |