ConTheStonerLin

                                                    I am a hedonist. But not just a hedonist, I am a presuppositional hedonist. Meaning that I start with the assumption that you, yes you, are a hedonist as well, whether you realize it or not. Hedonism is seeking pleasure as the highest good. If you think you don’t do that, then allow me to convince you. Pleasure is, simply put “feeling good”. The things you like make you feel good (or bring you pleasure). Now think about all the things you like, then tell me whats better. No I do not mean “rank your likes” I mean what is better (or a higher good to you) than EVERYTHING you like? I am essentially talking about “psychological egoism”. It posits that everything we do is driven by self interest, inevitably. And this to me seems to be pragmatically demonstrable, pretty basic, and accounted for in nature. Now this is natural and inevitable. But so is altruism and synergy. A social species has evolved to interact, come together, and unify