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Is hedonism joy?


  anhedonia (noun): an inability to experience pleasure.
Pleasure is not limited to joy but joy is a pleasure. I can't imagine unpleasurable joy.


Of course it is


Always in all circumstances for everyone? I disagree. One can continue to behave hedonistically without reaping the joy it once gave due to adapted thresholds in the brain.


In the same vein, is self-forced pleasure joyous?




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