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antifrustrationism

noun

Etymology

From anti- + frustration + -ism, coined by German analytic philosopher Christoph Fehige in 1998.

  1. borrowed from frūstrātiō — “disappointment”
  2. formed as antifrustrationism — “anti- + frustration + -ism”

Definitions

  1. The axiological view that frustrated preferences create a negative moral 'debit' which…

    The axiological view that frustrated preferences create a negative moral 'debit' which can be canceled out through their satisfaction. Thus, satisfying a desire that already exists is good, but creating a new satisfied desire is not.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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