pleasure
Sign in to savePleasure is an experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. It contrasts with pain or suffering, which are forms of feeling bad. It is closely related to value, desire and action: humans and other conscious animals find pleasure enjoyable, positive or worthy of seeking. A great variety of activities may be experienced as pleasurable, such as eating, having sex, listening to music or playing games. Pleasure is part of various other mental states such as ecstasy, euphoria and flow. Happiness and well-being are closely related to pleasure but not identical with it. There
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Pleasure is a feeling of enjoyment that makes experiences feel good, and it motivates humans and other conscious animals to seek out activities like eating, socializing, or listening to music. It matters because it's closely connected to what we value and desire, and it plays an important role in our overall happiness and well-being.
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30 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Related concepts
- Sources and types
- Sources
- Types
- Theories of pleasure
- Quality theories
- Attitude theories
- Dispositional theories
- Roles in philosophy
- Hedonism
- Ethics
- Value
- Beauty
- History of analysis of pleasure
- Hellenistic philosophy
- Medieval philosophy
- Schopenhauer
- Psychology
- Pleasure and belief
- Motivation and behavior
- Cognitive biases
- Reward system
- Pleasure centers
- Motivation
- Animal pleasure
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pleasure is an experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. It contrasts with pain or suffering, which are forms of feeling bad. It is closely related to value, desire and action: humans and other conscious animals find pleasure enjoyable, positive or worthy of seeking. A great variety of activities may be experienced as pleasurable, such as eating, having sex, listening to music or playing games. Pleasure is part of various other mental states such as ecstasy, euphoria and flow. Happiness and well-being are closely related to pleasure but not identical with it. There is no general agreement as to whether pleasure should be understood as a sensation, a quality of experiences, an attitude to experiences or otherwise. Pleasure plays a central role in the family of philosophical theories known as hedonism.
== Definition == "Pleasure" refers to experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. The term is primarily used in association with sensory pleasures like the enjoyment of sex or food. But in its most general sense, it includes all types of positive or pleasant experiences including the enjoyment of sports, seeing a beautiful sunset or engaging in an intellectually satisfying activity.