As linked by @turchin, Ayn Rand already took “Rational Egoism” and predecessors took “Effective Egoism.” Personally, I think “Effective Hedonism” ought to be reserved for improving the efficiency of your expenditures (of time, money, natural resources, etc.) in generating hedons for yourself and possibly your circles of expanding moral concern (e.g. it’s not ineffective hedonism to buy a person you care about a gift which they’ll enjoy, and not entirely egocentric, and while you are allowed to care about your values in the world in this framework, you are focusing on the “feels” as opposed to the “net impact”). I’m writing up a post (my first) expanding upon this idea this week.
As linked by @turchin, Ayn Rand already took “Rational Egoism” and predecessors took “Effective Egoism.” Personally, I think “Effective Hedonism” ought to be reserved for improving the efficiency of your expenditures (of time, money, natural resources, etc.) in generating hedons for yourself and possibly your circles of expanding moral concern (e.g. it’s not ineffective hedonism to buy a person you care about a gift which they’ll enjoy, and not entirely egocentric, and while you are allowed to care about your values in the world in this framework, you are focusing on the “feels” as opposed to the “net impact”). I’m writing up a post (my first) expanding upon this idea this week.