Definition of "hedonistic"

Among philosophers, attention to suffering has been a casualty of a long series of attacks on hedonistic utilitarianism—the doctrine that people are morally required to maximize the total surplus of happiness over suffering.

1999, Jamie Mayerfeld, Suffering and Moral Responsibility, Oxford University Press, USA, page 3

He refers to the danger of leading our lives on a hedonistic treadmill, seeking more accomplishments and trying to get more things and more money, leading eventually to ever increasing expectations.

2003, Paul Pearsall, The Beethoven Factor, Hampton Roads Publishing