eudaemonics

English

Alternative forms

• eudemonics

Etymology

Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονικός (eudaimonikós, “conducive to happiness”).

Noun

eudaemonics (uncountable)

1. That part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
   • 1876, John Grote, Treatise on Moral Ideals:

     the unideal form of eudæmonics of which I have spoken is hedonics , or a science of indolentia

References

“eudaemonics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.