eudemonism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason
    endaemonism.

WordNet

Eu*de"mon*ism, Eu*dæ"mon*ism noun (Also<
  • Eudaemonism
  • Eudemonism
  • Eudæmonism
)
Etymology
Gr. a thinking happy, fr, blessed with a good genius, happy; well, good + one's demon of genius. See Demon.
Definitions
  1. That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.

Webster 1913