Results revealed that relativism (62.1%) was the predominate sexual value followed by hedonism (24.6%) and absolutism (13.4%). David Pearce is a theorist of this perspective and he believes and promotes the idea that there exists a strong ethical imperative for humans to work towards the abolition of suffering in all sentient life.The sexual values of absolutism (abstinence until marriage), relativism (sexual decisions made in reference to the nature of the relationship), and hedonism ('if it feels good, do it') were assessed in a convenience sample of 783 undergraduate students at a large southeastern university. Their core philosophy is negative utilitarianism. The Abolitionist Society is a transhumanist group calling for the abolition of suffering in all sentient life through the use of advanced biotechnology. It is therefore more difficult for them to indulge in such 'simple pleasures' in the same manner. The more elaborate beings tend to spend more thought on other matters and hence lessen the time for simple pleasure. Mill also argues that simpler beings (he often refers to pigs) have an easier access to the simpler pleasures since they do not see other aspects of life, they can simply indulge in their lower pleasures. Mill believed that there can be different levels of pleasure - higher quality pleasure is better than lower quality pleasure. Other proponents, like Mill, argue a qualitative approach.

Essentially, he believed the value of pleasure to be its intensity multiplied by its duration - so it was not just the number of pleasures, but their intensity and how long they lasted that must be taken into account. Bentham believed that the value of a pleasure could be quantitatively understood. One school, grouped around Bentham, defends a quantitative approach. Many more advanced forms of hedonism concentrate however on spiritual, intellectual, or otherwise non-sexual forms of pleasure. Quite a few people equate hedonism with sexuality and having a very loose or liberal view of the morality of sex. Some form of hedonism are egoistic utlilitarian hedonism, however, considers the greatest pleasure for greatest number of people to be the ideal.

Hedonism is an ideology, that was originally promoted by Jeremy Bentham, and which, in modern times, has been promoted by David Pearce.Īccording to hedonism, the ultimate goal of all life is pleasure. It describes the current state of the field and explains expected future developments without speculation or fantasy.

This is a factual article as opposed to fiction or scenario.

Sexual hedonism