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Originally Posted by Glice
The hedonist indulges precisely to test the barriers of societal norms, particularly those of vice; s/he does it ever cogniscent of the notion of vice, indulgence and guilt. The biggest hedonists I know come from Catholic school backgrounds. What separarates hedonists from murderers is the concise circumvention of societal barriers, specifically vices - the murderer is not testing the boundaries, s/he is blissfully unaware of their solipsistic nature. There are exceptions, but these are the general rules, no?
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I would agree, which is why I would assert that hedonism falls into the category of vice. Vice by definition exists within a moral context; hedonism is a conscious negligence of moral and social mores, which (albeit subjectively) make it amoral and, therefore, a vice.