The paradox of hedonism is arguably one the most powerful anti-hedonist arguments. This argument tells us that, because it self-defeating and irrational to single-mindedly pursue pleasure, pleasure cannot represent only thing that directly makes better off. We intend show in this paper some main elements Epicurus' ethical position enable him avoid negative conclusion paradox. also argue central...

The aim of this study was to compare investigators' perception of three most important etiological factors for drug addiction and drug abuse with the self-perception of heroin addicts and drug abusers who used cannabis products and/or ecstasy. The study included 207 heroin addicts (mean age, 26.7 +/- 5.8 years) and 238 drug abusers (mean age, 19.3 +/- 1.9 years). Each study participant selected...

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered significant changes to the economic sector which affects personal economy. This impact behavior of financial management. One groups that affected are students who run into a shift in needs. study aims examine effect literacy, parent income, and hedonism on student management during pandemic. dependent variable this is behavior, while independent variables hedonis...

Understanding consumers’ psychology and revisit intentions are important to destination management. Few studies explored how hedonism affected on tourists’ experience intention. This study analyzes the relationship among hedonism, tourism experience, intention in Macau from customers’ perspective. The findings show that there direct positive relationships between draws attention of applying ent...

Davis’ Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) remains a dominant model that is used extensively for addressing issues of user acceptance (Davis, 1989). Recently, hedonic nature of information systems was proposed as a boundary condition for TAM (van der Heijden, 2004). This paper attempts to review and evaluate the existing TAM research in light of this new boundary condition. This is accomplished b...

Many young people enjoy alcohol consumption as part of their social lives, but recently there has been increased concern regarding the amount they drink and how they behave in public places when intoxicated. So called 'binge' drinking has become a particular concern in the UK. Such drinking behaviour is often positioned in opposition to 'normal' drinking yet the current consumption environment ...