Christian hedonism

Jeffrey San 1301 Philosophy 10/14/15 9:05 Epicurus Epicurus was a philosopher born during the year of 347 B.C in the city of Athens, Greece. Epicurus believed that our lives as human beings on this earth is centered around the idea of happiness and that many of us continue to strive for it whether if its in material objects or experiences with others and that it’s something that’s actually worth doing. What they strive for as Epicureans is ultimate happiness which is called ataraxia. Not…

Utilitarianism is ultimately concerned with the outcome that will produce the most positive result for the entire community. Museums are essential to educating our society about the good and bad in our past. In a 1999 lecture by Emmanuel N. Arinze it was expressed that museums “must become institutions that can foster peace, they must be seen as promoting the ideals of democracy…and transparency…they must become part of the bigger communities that they serve and reach out to every group in the…

Aristippus (c. 430-350 B.C.E) from the town of Cyrene, is considered the creator of Cyrenaic hedonism. First off, hedonism is the philosophic though that pleasure is equal to good and pain is equal to evil. Therefore, Cyrenaic hedonism is the pursuit of intense and immediate pleasure with no qualitative distinctions among pleasures. Aristippus believed pleasure was the main motive for living and that pleasure is always good. This is just simply not true. Yes, we as human beings do seek pleasure…

The paradox of hedonism is the dilemma of a person who pursues happiness solely but never succeeds at achieving it. In this argument, accepting that happiness is our greatest good, it may still be irrational to aim for it directly. Hedonism is not negated by this argument because it simply states that pursing happiness directly might not be the best way to achieve it. There are people that delight or gain happiness at the expense of other people. In this case, Hedonism states that happiness…

Utilitarianism is defined as the action taken that will maximize utility, or bring the most happiness to the people involved. There are two kinds of utilitarianism, act and rule. I shall refer to act as extreme and rule as restricted. In the following paper I will define extreme and restricted utilitarianism separately and then demonstrate how Smart establishes a difference between the two in the Desert Island Promise case and how Smart chooses extreme utilitarianism and what he ought to do in…

In the Ethics of Philosophy, Utilitarianism is the doctrine that our actions are correct if the result of our actions produces the greatest happiness between the majorities. However, in: "What's going on with Slavery?" Some objectivist utilitarianism tried to deny this morality, which reflects on the estate of any importance accusing the terrible actions of slave merchants and slave owners in utilitarianism. They attack this doctrine by saying that utilitarianism is a belief system that he can…

In the book “Philosophical Problems in the Law” by David Adams he discusses the ethcial theory of utilitarianism. In his book, Adams describes utilitarianism as the idea that, “the morally right act is that which will produce the best consequences for all affected” (Adams, page 8), in other words; the best thing for a person to do to be considered a moral person is to do what is best for the greater good. This theory has many supporters, but one famous supporter, who we talked about in class,…

A manager of a retail store hired a fellow classmate to help out. One day, he notices the classmate stealing clothing from the store. When he confronts the classmate, he laughs it off and says “The owner is insured, no one is hurt, and it was under $100. Besides, friends stick together, right?” This dilemma could be handled in two ways, through a Utilitarian or an Egoism perspective. The Utilitarianism perspective is a teleological ethical system, which judges the consequences of an act. It…

‘unhappiness’ is meant pain and the lack of pleasure (Mill, 2015, p.5). By reducing animal pain and suffering and treating animals with the same moral equality and respect as humans, Utilitarian is in effect. Comparative Analysis of Utilitarianism and Deontology. Deontology focuses on what is morally right and the duties and obligations that individuals have in car¬rying out actions rather than on the consequences of those actions. Therefore, it would be an ethical obligation to act morally…

Actions which are undertaken to reflect the ethical theory of Utilitarianism aim to provide the maximisation of good for a society. “Utilitarians believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things (such as pleasure and happiness) in the world and decreasing the amount of bad things (such as pain and unhappiness)” (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2018). In the context of the issue of capital punishment, this maximisation of good relates most…