Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Eudemonism \Eu*de"mon*ism\, Eudaemonism \Eu*d[ae]"mon*ism\, n.
[Gr. ? a thinking happy, fr, ? blessed with a good genius,
happy; ? well, good + ? one's demon of genius. See {Demon}.]
That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral
obligation by its relation to happiness or personal
well-being.
Source : WordNet®
eudemonism
n : an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to
personal well-being through a life based on reason [syn:
{endaemonism}]