  Though we lack grounds for calling Gassendi a complete materialist moralist, a broad look at his ethics may suggest strong links to his physics, in a Hobbesian manner (Sarasohn 1996). This parallel should not be taken too far: Gassendi and Hobbes diverge in their views of human agency and disagree about our unfettered, non-physically determined capacity for moral deliberation. However, they each accept that pleasure in some way motivates moral choice (though Gassendi also makes allowance for the role of irrational appetite).