Abstract

CARRASCO MEZA, Carlos. Prudential well-being in the ethics of Epicurus. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2018, vol.67, n.167, pp.57-80. ISSN 0120-0062.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v67n167.57399.

The paper offers a critical review of a recent interpretation of Epicurean hedonism, according to which the latter could be understood as an attitudinal hedonism. Such reading implies certain internal tensions and neglects the fundamental meaning of Epicureanism as a theory of prudential well-being. By focusing exclusively on one aspect, that reading omits certain secondary issues, such as the legitimacy of an attitudinal interpretation of a doctrine grounded in atomism.

Keywords : Epicurus; ethics; hedonism; prudence.

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