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The alienation constraint on theories of well-being has been influentially expressed thus: 'what is intrinsically valuable for a person must have a connection with what he would find in some degree compelling or attractive .... It would be an intolerably alienated conception of someone's good to imagine that it might fail in any such way to engage him'. Many agree this claim expresses something true, but there is little consensus on how exactly the constraint is to be understood. Here, I clarify the sense in which the quote offers a basic constraint on theories of well-being—a constraint that should be adopted by (e.g.) hedonists, desire satisfactionists, and objective list theorists alike. This constraint focuses on affective engagement , or positive affective stances in connection with a proposed good. I show that the constraint explains a near-universal intuition, and rules out a number of well-known theories of well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The swiftlet farming industry is fast-growing and contributes to Malaysia's economic growth. Nonetheless, dirty and noisy surroundings caused by bird droppings and audio systems are unattractive and may adversely impact the housing market. Hence, this study seeks to ascertain the price impacts of the swiftlet farming industry. The first objective defines the hedonic model by reviewing its definition, theoretical framework, methodological process, and house price applications. The second objective explores factors influencing house prices, including the animal farming industry, through a literature review. The third objective evaluates the impact of the swiftlet farming industry on house prices. Ten-year house transaction data and spatial data provided by the Valuation and Property Services Department and Municipal District of Bentong are used to construct the Hedonic model. The result is evaluated based on its logical, statistical and predictive performance. The study found that swiftlet farming in Bentong has a negative impact on house prices, with an inverse price impact that increases with distance from the farming area. Buyers are reluctant to pay for houses near farming due to noise pollution and obstruction. This study supports international and national agendas relating to environment and health sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper advances an individual-based hybrid well-being theory and argues that it is able to overcome the main drawbacks of existing objective list theories and avoid the shortcomings of hedonism and desire-fulfillment theories. The individual-based hybrid well-being theory has characteristics of perfectionist objective theories in that it recognizes objective goods and explains the commonality of goods from the perspective of perfectionism, but it also differs from existing objective list theories insofar as it provides not a single list of goods for everyone but plural lists of goods based on each individual for each individual. In addition, it represents a hybrid theory rather than a pure objective list theory because it recognizes the individual's desire as a factor influencing the contribution of objective goods to well-being and the individual's experiences of pleasure as a component of well-being outside the list of goods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article argues that while an inability to move beyond the present is the root of our growing climate crises, the present is integral to any solutions for these crises. In Odds Against Tomorrow, Nathaniel Rich exposes the causal role of a focus on the present to climate issues and vigorously ridicules both the hedonism of the characters and their various failures to understand the structural complexity of the present. These failures are a response to the sense of fragmentation and alienation capitalism produces, and characters seek solace in the sense of wholeness that they mistakenly believe synchronizing time proffers. In fact, such synchronizing obscures the reality that it is multiple temporalities that define the structure of the present. This is dangerous because it is precisely our limited perception about the structure of the present that defines both our current, destructive trajectory and our inability to take the actions against climate change that would allow us to escape the rut of the present we are in. Paradoxically, while the present is the core of our current and future crises, a focus on the present remains necessary: failing to see the temporal and structural complexity of the present will only lessen our odds against tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article "Reconciling the Deprivation Account with the Final Badness of Death" from the Journal of Value Inquiry explores the philosophical question of whether death can be bad for those who die. The deprivation account posits that death can be bad because it deprives individuals of intrinsically good things they would have experienced. The authors argue that death can be bad for its own sake due to the deprivation of intrinsic goods, suggesting that death has extrinsic but final value. The article delves into the distinctions between intrinsic and extrinsic value, as well as final and instrumental value, to provide a nuanced understanding of the value of death. [Extracted from the article]

Websites are a highly effective instrument for marketing and purchasing sporting goods. The purpose of this article is to propose and test a model of hedonism, perceived ease use and perceived usefulness, website quality, flow experience, e-satisfaction and e-loyalty. Data were collected from users of the largest online sporting goods retailer in Iran. Participants completed a seven-item scale for e-loyalty (Gremler & Brown, 1996), three-item scale for e-satisfaction (Janda et al., 2002); four-item scale for flow (O'Cass & Carlson, 2010), five-item scale for website quality (Hur et al., 2011), four-item scales for both perceived ease use and perceived usefulness (Venkatesh & Davis, 1996) and four-item scale for hedonism (Mohammadi & Isanejad, 2018). The results of structural equation model show that user beliefs and website quality have a positive effect on the flow experience. Hedonism also affected e-satisfaction and e-loyalty. Although the findings have shown meaningful relationships, there are other influential factors such as skill/challenge, perceived playfulness and interactivity that may play a fundamental role in the flow experience and thus satisfaction and loyalty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the Universality Argument that pleasure is goodness. It proceeds from a moral sense theory that analyzes moral concepts as concerned with what all should hope for, feel guilty about, and admire. This requires rejecting the view that moral judgment concerns empirically inaccessible norms governing action. The first premise defines goodness as what should please all. The second premise reduces should to perceptual accuracy. The third premise invokes a standard of universal accuracy: qualitative identity. Since the pleasure of all is accurate solely about pleasure, pleasure is goodness, or universal moral value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study examines the influence of affective image, attractiveness, hedonism, psychological well-being, and shopping experience on revisit intention of visitors at Tunjungan Plaza Surabaya, one of the largest and most influential shopping centers in Indonesia. By analyzing these factors, the study explores how emotional and behavioral elements impact consumer decisions to return to a shopping destination. The research was conducted using a quantitative survey method, targeting visitors who had shopped at Tunjungan Plaza within the last year. Data was collected from purposive sampling, with 207 valid responses analyzed using multiple linear regression with SPSS 27. The results show that effective image, attractiveness, hedonism, psychological wellbeing, and shopping experience affected revisit intention significantly. The shopping experience had the strongest impact, with all variables contributing uniquely to predicting visitor loyalty. The managerial implication includes understanding the key factors influencing revisit intentions. Management can provide facilities and services to meet the visitors' needs and expectations. Additionally, designing shopping experiences that evoke diverse sensations and utilizing technological advancements can improve customer satisfaction. Management should also create a fun and engaging atmosphere to reduce stress and boredom among visitors. This study provides new insights into the dynamics of visitor behavior in the context of shopping malls, especially in developing countries like Indonesia. It highlights the critical role of emotional and experiential factors in influencing customer loyalty and revisitation to shopping centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Maker communities are typically guided by noneconomic incentives to produce a positive impact on society. In this study, we offer novel insights into makers' personal values, understood as motivational goals. Specifically, we performed qualitative laddering interviews with 30 makers gathered via snowball sampling in Taiwan. This study maps the hierarchies governing the goals that motivate makers' intentions to dedicate themselves to the maker movement, anchored in seven personal values: self‐direction, hedonism, benevolence, universalism, stimulation, power and achievement. Accordingly, the findings in this study extend the literature concerning the maker movement; these practical contributions can enable managers and practitioners to develop an ecosystem that favours the development of maker communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although hedonic principles of emotion regulation suggest that people wish to feel good, the current research demonstrates that sometimes feeling good just seems wrong. Specifically, the authors argue that, immediately after viewing moralized content such as human suffering, consumers believe that it is morally appropriate to sustain negative emotions (Study 1). Thus, after exposure to content related to human suffering (vs. other negative content), consumers view subsequent mood-sustaining consumption as morally appropriate and hedonic consumption as morally inappropriate (Study 2). Consequently, they avoid repairing their emotions through hedonic consumption because of their preference to engage in morally appropriate behavior (Studies 3 through 4b); this is particularly true for individuals who view themselves as more moral (Study 4b). These effects are mitigated when the hedonic consumption is morally relevant (Study 4a), rather than prototypically frivolous. This research offers clear prescriptions to marketers about when and when not to offer hedonic consumption as mood repair. By allowing people to pay respect to suffering victims, marketers can give consumers needed space to feel their compassionate emotions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While a positive view of calling has been ubiquitous since its introduction into the literature over two decades ago, research remains unsettled about the extent to which it contributes to various aspects of the good life: an optimal way of living well via worthwhile endeavors. Further, scholars have identified two conceptual types of calling, marked by internal versus external foci; yet their differential impact on outcomes indicative of the good life, such as eudaimonic and hedonic well-being (characterized by the experience of purpose and meaning versus pleasure and happiness, respectively), is unknown. Through a meta-analysis of 201 studies, we provide the first systematic review focused on these two fundamental theoretical issues in the calling literature: how strongly related callings are to outcomes in the domains of work and life and which type of calling (internally or externally focused) more strongly predicts these outcomes, if either. We find that callings more strongly relate to outcomes indicative of the good life than recently argued. We further find that callings are more strongly linked to work than to life outcomes and to eudaimonic than to hedonic outcomes. The two types of calling converge in being associated with many similar outcomes, but they show some divergence: internally focused callings are more positively related to hedonic outcomes and less positively related to eudaimonic outcomes, relative to externally focused callings. This finding supports a view of callings as hierarchically structured, with a higher-order calling factor composed of two correlated yet distinct lower-order calling types. Integrating our meta-analytic findings with relevant literatures, we propose a theoretical model that addresses psychological and social need fulfillment through which different types of callings contribute to the good life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Previous studies have consistently found that hedonic and eudaimonic motives positively predict subjective well-being. In this study, we emphasized the importance of considering curvilinear effects alongside main effects and interactions to fully understand these relationships. Using polynomial regression models, we examined the relationships between hedonic motives, eudaimonic motives, and subjective well-being. To examine both trait-level and momentary-level relations with well-being, we used experience sampling methodology to collect real-time data from 161 participants over a 7-day period. Our findings suggested that engaging in activities towards fulfilling both motives was associated with positive experiences, and individuals with high levels of hedonic and eudaimonic motives in their daily lives generally reported higher subjective well-being. Nevertheless, we also identified negative interaction effects between both motives on subjective well-being, which imply that there may be a limit to the positive contributions of combinations of both motives to subjective well-being. We discuss the implications of our findings for understanding the nuanced relationships between hedonic and eudaimonic motives and subjective well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several theoretical frameworks have been used to understand exercise adherence. Basic psychological needs (BPN), grounded on self‐determination theory, have received large attention for this purpose. More recently, the hedonic theory and the assumptions related to the exercise characteristics (e.g., intensity) that can bolster positive affective responses have been revitalized. This study aimed to explore the associations between the agreement of current exercise intensity and the one individually preferred, BPN satisfaction/frustration, enjoyment, the intention to continue exercise, and exercise frequency. Additionally, an exploration of the direct and indirect effects while testing sex as a moderator was performed. A sample of 369 exercisers (Mage = 43.6, standard deviation = 12.96; 214 females) enrolled in 26 health clubs participated in this study voluntarily. Data were received in a first‐approach descriptive and correlational analyses. Next, a moderated mediation was performed using model 15 (PROCESS v.4.2). As a result, agreement in preference for exercise intensity was positively associated with enjoyment (r = 0.35), intention (r = 0.43), and all needs satisfaction (ranging from r = 0.12 to r = 0.45) and negatively associated with all needs frustration (ranging from r = −0.15 to r = −0.31). In the moderated mediation analysis, the same pattern of results emerged in direct effects. Indirect effects were significant for autonomy in the enjoyment and frequency models. Findings suggest that promoting an individually adjusted training intensity may foster BPN satisfaction. It appears to be present an independent (of needs) and positive association with exercise enjoyment and intention to continue exercising. Highlights: An agreement between exercise intensity and the one individually preferred can be seen as a need‐supportive toolExercise intensity agreement presents an independent effect on exercise enjoyment and intentionThe way autonomy promotes enjoyment may be different between sexes, a relation that seems to favor menFemales appear to be more dependent on preference agreement to support enjoyment and intention, while in men, this relation appears to be valid only for intention [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Plato's Philebus, Socrates' second account of 'false' pleasure (41d-42c) outlines a form of illusion: pleasures that appear greater than they are. I argue that these pleasures are perceptual misrepresentations. I then show that they are the grounds for a methodological critique of hedonism. Socrates identifies hedonism as a judgment about the value of pleasure based on a perceptual misrepresentation of size, witnessed paradigmatically in the 'greatest pleasures'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Voluntourism has been increasingly researched in tourism studies. However, the need remains to better understand what drives memorable experiences in such a context. This research applied mindfulness theory in the setting of voluntourism. The influence of mindfulness among voluntourists was studied along with dimensions of memorable tourism experiences (MTEs, i.e., hedonism, involvement, meaningfulness, knowledge, novelty, and local culture) and revisit intention among voluntourists. A structural model was employed with twelve hypotheses pertaining to data collected from 342 Chinese residents who had prior voluntourism experience before data collection in March 2020. For data analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used to test relationships between variables. Data analysis demonstrated that mindfulness significantly influenced all six dimensions of MTEs in this study. Four of the dimensions of MTE (i.e., hedonism, involvement, meaningfulness, and local culture) significantly influenced revisit intention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

West Java has a quite dense population, 65% of the population in West Java are Sundanese. In addition, there are also other tribes, namely the Javanese, which are also found in many areas in West Java. This study aims to analyze differences in employees' personal values and work cultures based on Sundanese and Javanese ethnicity in West Java. The determination of the two tribes is because most of the population in West Java Province are Sundanese and Javanese. The specific objectives of this study are to analyze the differences between Sundanese and Javanese employees in 1) the hedonistic values, 2) the value of empathy, 3) the value of self-actualization, 4) the integrity, 5) professionalism, 6) satisfaction, and 7) exemplary. The data analysis technique used in this study was descriptive and two-sample independent non-parametric test with the Mann-Whitney, Kolmogorov Smirnov, and Run Woldfowitz tests, using the SPSS version 25. Sample analysis was carried out using criteria consisting of 75 employees of private sector companies using questionnaires in West Java, including Bandung, Purwakarta, Karawang, Subang, and Cianjur. The output of this study indicates that Sundanese and Javanese employees in West Java have different but equally good personal values and work cultures. The personal values consist of 3 main dimensions -- namely hedonism, empathy, and self-actualization, while the work culture consists of integrity, professionalism, satisfaction, and exemplary. The most significant difference is shown in the dimension of integrity where the Sundanese show adherence to company rules, while the Javanese are more honest at work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: We investigate for the first time in a 9‐day diary study whether fulfilling one's values predicts well‐being or whether well‐being predicts value fulfillment over time. Background: The empirical associations between the importance of human values to individuals and their well‐being are typically weak and inconsistent. More recently, value fulfillment (i.e., acting in line with one's values) has shown to be more strongly correlated with well‐being. Method: The present research goes beyond past research by integrating work from clinical, personality, and social psychology to model associations between value fulfillment and positive and negative aspects of well‐being over time. Results: Across a nine‐day diary study involving 1434 observations (N = 184), we found that people who were able to fulfill their self‐direction values reported more positive well‐being on the next day, and those who fulfilled their hedonism values reported less negative well‐being on the next day. Conversely, people who reported more positive well‐being were more able to fulfill their achievement, stimulation, and self‐direction values on the next day, and those who reported more negative well‐being were less able to fulfill their achievement values. Importantly, these effects were consistent across three countries/regions (EU/UK, India, Türkiye), the importance people attributed to values, period of the week, and their prestudy well‐being. Conclusion: These results help to understand the fundamental interconnections between values and well‐being while also having relevance to clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: In the modern age, the pursuit of food is now a means of pleasure and of satisfying hunger. This study examined the role of hedonic hunger and eating behaviors on obesity in older adults. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 older adults. The nutrition information system (BeBiS), bioelectrical impedance analysis, power of food scale-Turkish version (PFS-Tr), and Dutch eating behaviour questionnaire (DEBQ) were used to evaluate the subjects. Results: The mean age of 400 people included in the study was 67.82±2.77 years. It was found that the moderator effect of the interaction of daily energy intake and hedonic hunger behaviour (PFS-Tr) on the waist-to-hip ratio was significant. In particular, the regulatory effect of low hedonic hunger scores (PFS-Tr) was significant (p=0.019) and the waist-to-hip ratio decreased as the scores obtained from the scale decreased. The mediator effect of the restrained eating (ResE) sub-dimension (DEBQ) between the average daily energy intake and body fat mass was significant (estimate =0.221, p=0.021), and an increase in ResE behavior scores resulted in an increase in body fat mass. It was found that 89.4% of the effect of ResE behaviour on body fat mass was direct and large. There was a weak positive correlation between the average daily energy intake and food available subscale of PFS-Tr (r=0.157) and food present subscale (r=0.017). Total daily energy intake had a direct effect on body fat mass (estimate =0.008, p=0.005). Conclusion: The results of our study support a positive relationship between hedonic hunger and abdominal obesity in older adults. Decreased ResE behaviour increases the whole-body fat mass. Evaluation of hunger and implementation of programmes that support ResE behaviour may be useful in controlling obesity and its negative consequences in older adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It may soon be possible for neurotechnology to connect two subjects' brains such that they share a single token mental state, such as a feeling of pleasure or displeasure. How will our moral frameworks have to adapt to accommodate this prospect? And if this sort of mental-state-sharing might already obtain in some cases, how should this possibility impact our moral thinking? This question turns out to be extremely challenging, because different examples generate different intuitions: If two subjects share very few mental states, then it seems that we should count the value of those states twice, but if they share very many mental states, then it seems that we should count the value of those statesonce. We suggest that these conflicting intuitions can be reconciled if the mental states that matter for welfare have a holistic character, in a way that is independently plausible. We close by drawing tentative conclusions about how we ought to think about the moral significance of shared mental states. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research investigates travel calculated hedonism (TCH) in diverse tourism contexts. An extant literature review, five focus groups and two expert panels conceptualised TCH. Field studies operationalised TCH in drinking (N = 355), eating (N = 351), wellness (N = 330) and shopping (N = 337) contexts. Findings identified four TCH scale dimensions -- delaying rewards, planned impulsiveness, planned financial compulsiveness and planned time/physical compulsiveness. Theoretical definitions of TCH set the groundwork for rationalised binging that is cognitive- and affect-driven. The methodology presents an approach for a rigorous TCH measure. The TCH scale offers a tool for practitioners to design activities that instigate rationalised binging and responsible behaviour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aims to provide a coherent new interpretation of the notorious anti-hedonism of Speusippus, Plato's nephew and the second scholarch of the Academy, by reconsidering all the relevant sources concerning his attitude to pleasure, sources that seem to be in tension or even incompatible with each other. By reassessing Speusippus' anti-hedonism and Aristotle's response, it also sheds new light on the Academic debate over pleasure in which he and Aristotle participated. This debate is not merely concerned with the truth and credibility of the arguments for or against hedonism, but also with notable differences among the participants in their understanding of the practical significance of evaluating hedonic experiences. This new picture allows us to better understand Aristotle's selective representation of the intra-school debate and some neglected features of his responses to different interlocutors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As part of his strategy in Pro Caelio of making Caelius' alleged disreputable lifestyle appear acceptable, Cicero among other things invokes the fashionable hedonism of Epicurean philosophy (41). This paper argues that at Cael. 42, there is a hitherto undetected allusion to a statement by Epicurus himself (frag. 67 U., 22.1 A.), which further contributes to Cicero's argument. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article will investigate a certain similarity between Origen's response to Celsus' True Logos and the criticisms against Longinus' interpretation of the early pages of Plato's Timaeus made in Proclus' Commentary by a certain Origenes, usually held to be a pagan though without compelling evidence. Origen begins by assuming that 'Celsus' was an Epicurean of that name, even though it has long been obvious that 'Celsus' has adopted a Platonist point of view and that Origen's answers often rely on Plato's authority; in Proclus, Origenes regularly regards Longinus' explanations as turning Plato into a hedonist by having him aim at the reader's pleasure, and at one point Longinus even made reference to Epicurus. The paper uses recent work on the presence in Porphyry and Lucian of alternative names, whether inside philosophic schools or as a nom de plume, to argue that Origen could not be sure of his opponent's identity, but that as he wrote he came to suspect that 'Celsus' was in fact his younger contemporary Longinus, the initial teacher of Porphyry himself. Hence the allusions to his 'philological' tendencies. If this is correct, then there is additional reason to identify Origen with Origenes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explores the links between the drivers of love towards traditional luxury brands and the key outcomes of these. In more detail, we use the stimulus – organism – response (S-O-R) as an overarching framework to theorise and empirically test relationships between brand uniqueness, hedonism, brand prestige and symbolism (stimuli); brand love (organism); and purchase intention, positive word-of-mouth, and attitudinal brand loyalty (response). We also evaluate the mediating role of brand prestige, brand symbolism and brand love. The results of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) conducted on survey data from Australian consumers indicate that only hedonism drives brand prestige and symbolism. Brand prestige and symbolism then jointly shape brand love for traditional luxury, ultimately impacting all response variables. Besides advancing existing research on luxury brand love, the results also contribute to practice, illustrating the strategies managers of traditional luxury brands can use to obtain a competitive edge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the suicide objection to pessimism, which suggests that if life is truly as terrible as pessimists claim, more of them should be willing to commit suicide. However, the author presents several counterarguments to this objection. They argue that pessimists may not view suicide as a solution, there are practical and ethical barriers to suicide, pessimists can engage in other actions, and there are fallacies in the suicide objection. The article also explores different perspectives on worth and ethical considerations of suicide. Overall, it provides a nuanced examination of the topic and offers multiple viewpoints. [Extracted from the article]

This article explores John Locke's innovative reflections on desire and uneasiness, pleasure and pain, and investigates how Locke's considerations affect Giacomo Leopardi and his theoretical work on the same categories. To justify this filiation, I emphasize Francesco Soave's important translation of "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" as a mediating influence for Leopardi's re-elaboration of these concepts. I firstly focus on the importance that desire and uneasiness acquire in Locke's treatise and the relevance of these categories for eighteen-century hedonism. I then turn to Leopardi's discussion of "teoria del piacere" and analyze how it dialogues with and diverges from Locke's perspective. While Locke generally assigns precedence to uneasiness, Leopardi reclaims the prominence of desire through his specific understanding of noia. Rather than coinciding with an unpleasant discomfort to remove, Leopardi's noia embodies the vibrating protension of desire toward a constitutionally unreachable infinite pleasure. By ascribing an a-dialectical character to noia, Leopardi subverts the stance shared by Locke, classic hedonism, and Romanticism with regard to desire and uneasiness, along with pleasure and pain. Indeed, Leopardi's noia corresponds to a desire that is not sublated through the consummation brought about by either the delight of pleasure or the discomfort of pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study aimed at (1) identifying the emotion regulation processes that can explain the trait hedonism positive emotions relationship, and (2) determining whether this relationship varies according to which part of the distribution of positive emotions is considered. To this end, the intensity of the positive emotions felt by 84 adult participants, and the intensity of their engagement in savoring, were assessed twice a day over a month period, using an Experience Sampling Method. Participants' distributions of these variables were then related to their level of trait hedonism, assessed with a common questionnaire. Results suggested that, as expected, the trait hedonism positive emotions relationship varied according to which part of the distribution of positive emotions was considered. In their worst times (i.e., first centiles of each individual's distribution), individuals with low versus high trait hedonism differed very little from each other. By contrast, in more favorable times (i.e., following centiles), individuals with high levels of trait hedonism experienced more intense positive emotions than individuals with low levels of trait hedonism. This phenomenon was mediated by individuals' engagement in savoring. These results are discussed in light of current theories on emotion dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The exaggeration of Oscar Wilde's aestheticism that the work of art is purely for beauty and pleasure and has nothing to do with morality makes it very difficult for his moral philosophy to be conceived. Even his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, which is meant to balance his exaggeration of pleasure in his aestheticism, is often misinterpreted as an aesthetic eulogy. At the same time, some see it as a pure contradiction to his former philosophic position. This paper, therefore, attempts to identify his moral philosophy through a dialectic study of his aestheticism and The Picture of Dorian Gray. As it is qualitative research, the authors source their data primarily from literary works by Oscar Wilde, while other library materials serve as secondary sources. Various philosophical tools, especially dialectics and hermeneutics, are applied in data interpretation. The finding is that contrary to the expectation and assumption of many scholars, ethical hedonism rather than aesthetic hedonism is his moral philosophy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Young people in Iranian society, like their global counterparts, are always heralds of change and transformation. A major part of their changes occur in their integration into society. This linking of them has been placed in the struggle of the dynamics of power and resistance. This research investigated this issue in the form of scientific research. By reviewing the existing studies and theories, a theoretical sensitivity was written and based on inclusion criteria, interviews were conducted from February 2021 to June 2022 with 20 young people from Astana (18-19 years old entering Yazd University). Using the systematic grounded theory method, the data were analyzed in the form of open, central, and selective coding. Various strategies such as long participation in the platform, rich description, approval of participants, and review of colleagues were used to validate the data. The main extracted categories include tolerant acceptance, family rejectionism, conservative exclusivity, hedonistic hedonism, materialism in dating, etc., and the core category of the research, multiple concerns in dating, was extracted from them. A paradigm model was drawn on the basis of these categories, and the research theory was also presented. The main result of the research is based on the fact that the field of friendship and bonding among Astana youth is a field full of complexity and pluralism, which is caused by two structural and agency forces, whose interaction creates plural heterogeneity for young people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What makes your life go well for you? In this paper, we give an account of welfare. Our core idea is simple. There are impersonally good and bad things out there: things that are good or bad period, not (or not only) good or bad for someone. The life that is good for you is the life in contact with the good. We'll understand the relevant notion of 'contact' here in terms of manifestation: you're in contact with a value when it is manifest in parts of your life or parts of your life are manifest in it. So, the more the good is manifest in your life, or your life manifest in the good, the better for you. The more the bad is manifest in your life, or your life manifest in the bad, the worse for you. We'll argue that this account is extensionally adequate: it explains the welfare value of achievements, friendships, knowledge, pleasures and virtues. Moreover, it has a number of explanatory virtues: it's unified, elegant and explanatorily powerful. So, we'll suggest, it's an excellent account of welfare, and in many ways superior to its main competitors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cultural heritage tourism has created opportunities for small and medium‐sized enterprises in the hospitality industry, including cultural boutique hotels that offer visitors personalized experiences around local arts and culture. To identify effective marketing strategies for these hotels, a study surveyed 300 tourists who stayed at Thai cultural boutique hotels. The study used a synthesis model with two antecedent factors (storytelling and co‐design) and one impact factor (customer value), with hedonism ties as an intervention factor. The results indicated that both antecedent factors positively affected hedonism ties, which positively impacted customer value. The study also found that two target segments played a crucial role in determining the relationship between co‐design and hedonism ties. By adopting marketing strategies based on these findings, cultural boutique hotels can attract and retain customers while contributing to the growth of cultural heritage tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A six‐fold typology of ideal trips was developed in this study by listening to the voices of residents of Southeast Queensland, Australia, who identified what they felt a dream vacation encompassed. The study represents one of the first of its kind to explore this phenomenon from the tourists' perspective. The typology encompassed 16 styles of holiday. The six types included destination‐exclusive holidays, personal growth, exploration, escape, hedonism and attraction or activity specific holidays. The study concludes that more empirical research into this phenomenon is desired before comprehensive theory development can occur, for existing theories and models used to study ideal holidays tend to be fragmented and often contradictory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article titled "Centaur: The Brave of the World of Nondual Dyads" explores the concept of the self and its development within different worlds. It discusses how the mother's body acts as a mirror during the mirror stage, leading to the emergence of the self-image. The article also delves into the barriers that exist between our demanding body and our resource, which shape our self-image. It emphasizes the importance of non-symbolic and symbolic meaning-making processes in therapy and highlights the limitations of our ability to interpret our physical, symbolic, relational, and intentional bodies. The article concludes by proposing a migration from the dissatisfying oedipal world to a fourth world of wholeness and nonduality. [Extracted from the article]

The experience of fun plays a major role in the consumer society. Drawing on a grounded theory approach, we advance a psychological theory of consumer fun. Through an integration of in-depth interviews, narrative analyses, controlled experiments, structural equation modeling, and a photo-ethnography, our multimethod investigation makes four main contributions. First, we show that the experience of fun rests on the combination of two psychological pillars: hedonic engagement and a sense of liberation. Fun is an experience of liberating engagement—a temporary release from psychological restriction via a hedonically engaging activity. Second, we identify four situational facilitators—novelty, social connectedness, spontaneity, and spatial/temporal boundedness—that promote the experience of fun through their effects on hedonic engagement and the sense of liberation. Third, we show that although the psychology of fun is not consumption specific, there is an intimate connection between fun and consumption. Finally, we clarify the relation and distinction between fun and happiness. We discuss implications for our understanding of consumption experiences, business practices related to the engineering of fun, and consumers' own pursuits of fun and happiness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Personal values of Thai medical students have been observed to be diverging from those of their seniors, but the differences remain uncharacterized. Despite its potential association with mental wellbeing, the issue remain unexplored in the population. This study aimed to explore (1) the difference in personal values between medical students and instructors and (2) the association between student's value adherence to mental well-being and the interaction by gender. Methods: An online survey was performed in 2022. Participants rated their adherence to five groups of values, namely, Self-Direction, Hedonism, Achievement & Power, Universalism & Benevolence, and Tradition. Participants also rated their mental wellbeing. Comparisons were made between the personal values of students and instructors. The association between the personal values of students and their mental wellbeing and the interaction between values and gender were analyzed in linear regression. Results: Compared to instructors, students rated higher on Universalism & Benevolence, marginally higher on Hedonism, and lower on Tradition. Students' ratings on Self-Direction, Universalism & Benevolence, and Tradition predicted better mental wellbeing. Their rating on Hedonism predicted poorer mental wellbeing, the effect of which was marginally stronger in males. Ratings on Achievement & Power marginally predicted poorer mental wellbeing in females. Conclusion: Difference in personal values between medical students and instructors have been observed. Some of these values hold potentials over student's mental wellbeing. Curricular and medical school environmental accommodation for the changes in the characters of learners may be necessary to mitigate the adverse effects on their mental wellbeing and foster development of desirable professional characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper will demonstrate that the best descriptor of Qohelet is divine hedonist, not absurdist, skeptic, pessimist, realist, nihilist or "Preacher of Joy." This will be done by examining the relationship between Qohelet's hebel -judgments and his carpe diem ethic and comparing Qohelet's strategy with that of philosopher David Hume. Qohelet's hebel -judgments serve to deconstruct the traditional formulation of the Tun-Ergehen-Zusammenhang , opening space for legitimating his preferred ethic: the carpe diem. In other words, Qohelet rhetorically paints a dark and dreary world in order to buttress his main ethic, the carpe diem, an ethic that is both hedonistic (using philosophical classification) in seeking pleasure and avoiding pain (reflected in his God-fearing motif), and divine in that this ethic must align with God's mysterious decrees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Western manufacturers have often benefited from the Country-of-Origin (COO) effect when a product is launched into emerging markets. The authors examine if this still holds true in the China market. The authors believe that the degree of perceived hedonism associated with the product does matter and, therefore, conducted an experiment to test how this influences the effect of COO on perceived quality and price of the product. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned objective. Design/methodology/approach: A lab experiment with a 2 (COO: Western vs. Local) x 2 (Hedonism: High vs. Low) factorial design was conducted with Chinese consumers as subjects. The dependent variables were perceived quality and price of the products. Findings: It was found that Western COO has a positive effect on the product perceived quality and price in the China market, but the effect was significantly moderated by the degree of perceived hedonism of the products. Originality/value: The study used an experiment to investigate the different prominence of the COO effect on perceived quality and price in terms of hedonic vs. utilitarian products which has not been done previously. The findings provide implications concerning allocation of marketing resources to product positioning in the presence of different degrees of perceived hedonism and suggest additional areas for future examination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article focuses on the gap in philosophical discourse, noting the lack of influential theories on aesthetic value compared to other areas like morality or justice. It points out the dominance of "aesthetic hedonism," which equates aesthetic value to the pleasure derived from experiences. It proposes an alternative, arguing that aesthetic value is communal rather than individualistic.

The ideas of modern man about the sacred are considered, which today is understood not only as metaphysical, religious, but increasingly characterizes everyday aspects of life that are of particular importance for the individual and society. The purpose of the article is to study the idea of the sacred in modern man, society in the conditions of secularization. The tasks are to analyze the views of researchers regarding the transformation of the concept of the sacred; find out the influence of the modern cultural situation on this process; to consider the peculiarities of experiencing the sacred as secular. The transformation of the idea of the sacred means spreading the understanding of it, which expresses the significant values of a person, society, phenomena, objects, ideas, symbols, relations of a secular nature. This expanded understanding of the sacred, initiated by E. Durkheim, is shared and developed by a part of modern researchers. The views of scientists regarding the change in the idea of the sacred are analyzed. It is proved that such beliefs are established in connection with the deepening of secularization, which means the reduction of the social influence of religion and the related understanding of the sacred, the spread of the values of individualism, consumerism, hedonism, the priority of the material over the spiritual, the immanent over the transcendent, value relativism. It turns out that the modern economic and cultural situation leads to a decrease in the distance between the sacred and the profane, the sacralization of everyday things, and the finding of meaning in everyday life. It is noted that the transformation of the idea of the sacred from a metaphysical, religious to a broad interpretation that assigns an increasingly significant role to secular values, practices, and things leads to an increase in human dependence on the social, material world, psychological experiences and the deprivation of life of a deeper meaning, mystery, and completeness. In modern society, there are various ideas about the sacred. There are preserved views on it as something that relates to the metaphysical, divine dimension of being and is synonymous with the holy, inherent primarily to people who associate themselves with a religious tradition. Although various spiritual trends, practices, and their adherents have their own characteristics, this metaphysical sacred appears to be the complete opposite of the profane, giving a person a sense of something greater than himself, forming a holistic picture of the world, directing his activities, giving meaning to life in a qualitatively different dimension and perspective. With the development of secularization, there is a decrease in the influence of religion in society and the idea of the sacred formed by it, there is a demarcation of the concepts of the sacred and religion, which were previously considered identical. An expanded understanding of the sacred strengthens - that which means objects, symbols, things, and practices that are important for man and society, reflects everyday interests, ideas, and practices, is more dependent on the individual than on the influence of tradition and the church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A theory of aesthetic normativity states what makes it the case that the fact that an item is beautiful is reason to appreciate it. Aesthetic hedonists characteristically hold that the fact that an item is beautiful is reason to appreciate it because anyone always has reason to do what yields pleasure. Bernard Bolzano was an aesthetic hedonist who is best interpreted as offering a mixed theory of aesthetic normativity.The fact that an item is beautiful is reason to appreciate it because anyone always has reason to do what yields pleasure and because anyone also has reason to do what fosters virtue, the capacity to act well. The argument for this interpretation knits together Bolzano's aesthetics, his ethics, and his philosophy of science. In doing so, this argument opens up a new perspective on aesthetic normativity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The qualitative approach was applied the discover the optimum answers to the research objectives, which are (1) to understand the cultural and hedonistic characteristics of the (Lanna) Songkran festival; and (2) to examine the dilemma between cultural rituals and hedonistic activity for tourism. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a case study of the Songkran festival in Chiang Mai to examine the dilemma between cultural rituals and hedonism for tourism, which brings lost or misperceived cultural values and identities. The semi-structured interview (SSI) with senior locals and participant observation during the festival was conducted in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to obtain the in-depth phenomena of the existing celebration pattern at the festival. Findings: The study findings show three crucial phenomena that explain characteristics of unsynchronized cultural rituals and hedonistic activities for tourism: (1) the parallel phenomenon between cultural values and celebration practice, (2) the movement of local culture and(3) the hedonistic characteristics of the festival. Practical implications: The study extends the knowledge on the interplay phenomena between cultural festivals and tourism; also, the involved stakeholders, such as local communities, public sectors and private sectors, can use the study findings in creating policies for using cultural festivals to promote a destination and urban economic development that will minimise cultural values distort while increase tourism economic values. Originality/value: This study was conducted qualitatively, including SSIs and participant observation at the Songkran festival in Chiang Mai. The study findings were analysed, based on the empirical data, into significant themes representing the characteristics of dilemma phenomena within the festival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the concept of security and its impact on human well-being. The author discusses different types of security, including fact-security, belief-security, and emotion-security. They propose the concept of "security as sureness," which encompasses all three aspects. The article also distinguishes security from continuity, unconditionality, control, certainty, and robustness. The text discusses the concept of security and its relationship to well-being and human flourishing. It explains that security is about whether a person will actually enjoy a good over time, while robustness is about whether a person would enjoy a good in different circumstances. The text also explores different theories of well-being and argues for an objective concept called human flourishing. It discusses how security can contribute to human flourishing by providing efficiency benefits, preventing wasteful actions, and reducing fear and anxiety. The text acknowledges that belief-security and emotion-security may need to be backed up by fact-security in order to fully contribute to well-being. It emphasizes the importance of finding a balance between too little and too much security in order to live a flourishing life. The article does not argue for specific political implications or state intervention in providing security, as individual conceptions of well-being vary in a liberal society. It also acknowledges the potential costs and dangers of state security measures, which may infringe on personal freedoms. Ultimately, a flourishing life requires a combination of security and diversity, with occasional challenges and uncertainties. The article is written by J.A.M. Daemen and published by Springer [Extracted from the article]

What are the conditions under which an agent has an aesthetic reason to stop appreciating something? In this paper, I argue that such a reason is dependent not only on the aesthetic properties of the object of appreciation but also on the hedonic state of the agent. Virtuous aesthetic agents who are responsive to aesthetic reasons need to be sensitive to hedonic changes in relation to the object and to recognise when these changes make it appropriate to sever one's appreciative focus. The resulting view has implications for how to understand aesthetic fittingness, aesthetic obligation, and the difference between aesthetic and moral reasons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several philosophical theories of wellbeing claim Aristotelian ancestry and employ an Aristotelian construct of flourishing. Yet it is not clear how we should interpret Aristotle’s notion of flourishing or eudaimonia (εὐδαιμονία). In this article, we offer an analysis of Aristotle’s notion of eudaimonia and consider to what extent it can be categorized within the framework of contemporary philosophical theories of wellbeing. We stress the active character of Aristotelian flourishing and its focus on the development of living things over time, which contrasts with the static and passive character of contemporary philosophical accounts of wellbeing. We suggest that Aristotle is closest to a perfectionist theory of wellbeing, though even this requires some qualification. While rational activity in accord with virtue is central to Aristotle’s account of living well, Aristotle also states that a range of practical human activities and propitious life circumstances are necessary (and, on some interpretations, constitutive) features of the flourishing life. As such, Aristotelian flourishing includes elements of moral and cognitive perfectionism as well as an objective list of external goods and presupposes one’s embeddedness within communities. We close with a consideration of the implications of our argument for the philosophical and social scientific study of flourishing. Contemporary well-being philosophers should be mindful of ways in which Aristotelian eudaimonia extends beyond the dominant philosophical categories of wellbeing that have a static focus and concern themselves with subjective experience or the possession of objective goods. Social scientists should be transparent about the limits of invoking an Aristotelian pedigree to motivate their own theories of wellbeing and should understand the implications of more limited conceptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]