Epicurean Ethics: A Relook
Aditi Mitra
Abstract
Epicurus (341-270 B.C.) is an ancient Greek philosopher, who holds that we should prudently take into account
of all the consequences of an action in order to secure the greatest possible amount of pleasure in the whole
course of life.[1] Since such an important age-old thought of Epicurus is not visible enough in contemporary
discussions of normative ethics, we here like to shed some light on his ethical thought in the hope to rescue him
from oblivion.
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