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 HEDONISTIC ORIENTATION / HEALTHY ORIENTATION

I live life to maximize my own pleasure and happiness, and minimize pain, suffering, and doing without. Accordingly, I seek lots of whatever brings me pleasure: food, drink, material things, consumer goods, interactions with friends, sexual gratification, music, sports, games, gambling, recreational drug use, etc. (Note: In embracing “eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die,” hedonists ignore the following: You only get one body. How well you care for it--or don’t care for it--makes a big difference in the length and quality of your life. Those who embrace this lesson--and opt for a healthy orientation--will need to take care of their body's immediate health needs and also educate themselves as to its long-term needs.)

Related Words, Beliefs, Background -- 47 entries

More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #28A: Hedonistic Orientation

Global Advanced Trait Description: Hedonism
Hedonism   (from online encyclopedia)
Hedonism  (from online encyclopedia of philosophy)
The Science of Pleasure, by Harvie Ferguson (read excerpts from this 1990 book at Google Books)
Hedonist International (website of group based in Europe)   click here to read their manifesto
The Hedonism Handbook: Mastering the Lost Arts of Leisure and Pleasure, by M. Flocker (book review)
Philosophical Dictionary: Hedonism
Ethical Hedonism and its Role in Personal Development
Wirehead Hedonism (website devoted to the future possibilities of abolishing suffering, creating blissful existence via tinkering with the brain, including intra cranial self stimulation)
The Naked Truth About Hedonism II -- book review of a humorous travel guide to Jamaica's very adult resort
Pleasure Deficit and the Brain's Reward Pathways
The Pleasure Principle: Connections Between Reward and Learning
The Scientific Pursuit of Happiness   (inspired by the Dalai Lama, Buddhism)
The Pursuit of Happiness, by Michael Bond (article from New Scientist website)
"Gourmet Groceries--for More!" by Joel Stein (article in Time April 14, 2008)
Pleasure (Biblical perspective)
What Are We Seeking?  (spiritual path perspective)
Social Hedonism / Utilitarianism
Varieties of  Egoism and Hedonism (philosophy course handout)
quotes related to pleasure

More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #28B: Healthy Orientation

Health (from online encyclopedia)
Healthy Eating (from online encyclopedia)
Nutrition (from online encyclopedia)
Medicine (from online encyclopedia)
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
National Health Information Center
National Women's Health Resource Center
Food and Nutrition Information Center  (from USDA)
Nutrition and Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans
MedlinePlus: Nutrition
Eating Made Simple, by Marion Nestle (September 2007 Scientific American article by nutritionist)
Nutrition News from the Harvard School of Public Health
Preventing Heart Disease -- from the UC Berkeley Wellness Newsletter
Everyday Choices for a Healthier Life
Prevention Magazine
Partnership for Prevention (dedicated to disease prevention and advocating for health promotion policies)
American Heart Association
American Cancer Society
National Cancer Institute -- Cancer Topics
National Mental Health Association
National Institute of Mental Health
American College of Preventive Medicine
U.S. Health Care Costs (report from Kaiser Family Foundation) 
Overdosed America, by John Abramson (the website for this 2004 book by doctor)
"Living Large," by Alice Park (cover story about health effects of obesity in children in Time June 23 2008
"Eat Your Germs," by Sanjay Gupta (article about probiotic foods in Time April 7 2008)
"Health: Why Women Need Better Sleep," by Alice Park (article in Time March 31 2008)
"Mandatory Health," by Lisa T. Cullen (article about a great new idea in Time March 24 2008)
"Stuck on the Couch," by Sanjay Gupta (article about benefits of exercise in Time March 3 2008)
"Health: A Good Night Sleep," by Alice Park (article about benefits of sleep in Time December 17 2007)
"The Science of Appetite," by Jeffrey Kluger (cover story in Time June 11 2007)
Fantastic Voyage: The Science Behind Radical Life Extension, by R. Kurzweil and T. Grossman  
Preventing Stress Through a Healthy Lifestyle
Global Advanced Trait Description: Physical Fitness
People's Pharmacy
quotes related to health

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