Eudaemonism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eudemonism \Eu*de"mon*ism\, Eudaemonism \Eu*d[ae]"mon*ism\, n.
     [Gr. ? a thinking happy, fr, ? blessed with a good genius,
     happy; e'y^ well, good + ? one's demon of genius. See
     {Demon}.]
     That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral
     obligation by its relation to happiness or personal


     well-being. Eudemonist