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I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while.

Torbjorn Tannsjo

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Torbjorn Tannsjo
Born: 1946

Ian’s the black sheep.” “I thought I was the black sheep,” said Seth, sounding almost hurt. “No. You’re the unfocused artistic one. I’m the responsible one. Ian’s the wild, hedonistic one.” “What’s hedonistic?” asked Kendall. Her father considered. “It means you run up a lot of credit card bills you can’t pay, change jobs a lot, and have a lot of…lady friends.

Richelle Mead

What interests me is the following paradox: of how, precisely in our liberal societies, where no one can even imagine a transcendental cause for which to die, we are allowed to adopt a hedonistic, utilitarian, or even more spiritually egotistical stance - like, the goal of my life is the realization of all my potential, fulfillment of my innermost desires, whatever you want.

Slavoj Žižek

Bentham spent much of his life writing constitutions and proposing legal reform in the light of his utilitarianism. The evaluation of particular acts was hardly his concern. The psychology of his day was hedonistic and he worked in that framework and passed it on to Mill, but it is clear as day that Mill was not a hedonist in the sense in which we use that term today, though he used the language of pleasure and pain to express his views.

Dale Jamieson

It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side?

Michael Fassbender

Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism.

Jorge Luis Borges

I took what I was given in Christianity and put it into my secular, hedonistic life.

Michaela Coel

I obsess everyday about everything. Not only about what we do well but what we can do better... In the end, the only reason I am motivated to do what I do is for the hedonistic pleasures of the table.

Mario Batali

I'm interested in Patti Smith and women who were iconic in a very hedonistic way.

Annabelle Wallis

The more hedonistic you were, the better...I very much subscribed to that as a young artist.

Rufus Wainwright

I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation.

Nick Offerman

This generation... they have a different attitude. Instead of sitting and watching something, they want to be a part of it - they're very hedonistic and sensual.

Steve Wynn

It just seemed hedonistic when I first started acting. It was a pleasurable thing. But as I look back on it now, I understand that it was a journey of the self for me.

John Cho

The thing I don't like about L.A. is that it's very industry-focused. That's not bad for kids. It's not hedonistic or anything, not any more shallow than anybody in the Midwest. It's not that.

Eddie Jemison

I had a lot of friends that were extremely hedonistic, extremely debauched, swapping partners etc.

Sophie Anderton

If we include hedonistic philosophy in hospitals, the lives of patients suffering from cancer would be much, much better.

Michel Onfray

There was that 'anything is achievable' attitude in the Eighties. Everything was very positive and gung-ho. Well, 'hedonistic' is the word they use a lot. We were all confident bordering on arrogant.

Paul Young

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