Show pleasure lovers lover the term hedonist means a person who believes that pleasure Is the sole or chief good in life hedonism the doctrine also teaches that moral duty la Is fulfilled in the gratification of pleasure seeking instincts and dispositions sit ions the chief advocates of hedonism la in antiquity were the epicureans Epicure ans and the Cyren lacs the latter inclining to the grosser interpretation of the doctrine in modern times utilitarianism tarlan ism seeking good in th the e greatest happiness of the community as a whole Is the chief hedonistic doctrine |