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MindOverMatter2
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St_Francis
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Utilitairianism is a bad philosophy because it does not take all of reality into account.
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PAboy57
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If every man necessarily pursues his own happiness, how can the happiness of all be the end of conduct? Too much focus on self happiness.
I don’t think the church agrees with the concept.
I don’t think the church agrees with the concept.
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Sailor_Kenshin
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And I would stress that it does not take God into account. Your life isn’t yours, and neither is anyone else’s.
It is an evil philosophy that hides behind the mask of ‘common good,’ and one of Satan’s finest achievements.
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stceolfrithtx
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I’m struggling to write a paper on this very topic. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1910, “Utilitarianism…teaches that** the end of human conduct is happiness**, and that consequently the discriminating norm which distinguishes conduct into right and wrong is pleasure and pain.” Now hopefully this is a deeply unsatisfying philosophy to the hearts of any baptized Christian reading this.
The Baltimore Catechism tells us that, “God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven” and “To save our souls, we must worship God by faith, hope, and charity; that is, we must believe in Him, hope in
Him, and love Him with all our heart.”
So I would say that utilitarianism doesn’t mesh well at all with Catholicism. We seek ultimate happiness in Heaven, but we must frequently deny ourselves “happiness” and comfort here on earth in order to pursue that goal.
I would LOVE to discuss this, perhaps it will help break my writer’s block, which is INTENSE right now. Maybe it’s more of a “researcher’s block”; it’s hard to even get started, and it’s hard to stay on task. I often have an easier time doing things for others than for myself, which I guess is how this thread is the most work I’ve done on this topic in weeks.
The Baltimore Catechism tells us that, “God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven” and “To save our souls, we must worship God by faith, hope, and charity; that is, we must believe in Him, hope in
Him, and love Him with all our heart.”
So I would say that utilitarianism doesn’t mesh well at all with Catholicism. We seek ultimate happiness in Heaven, but we must frequently deny ourselves “happiness” and comfort here on earth in order to pursue that goal.
I would LOVE to discuss this, perhaps it will help break my writer’s block, which is INTENSE right now. Maybe it’s more of a “researcher’s block”; it’s hard to even get started, and it’s hard to stay on task. I often have an easier time doing things for others than for myself, which I guess is how this thread is the most work I’ve done on this topic in weeks.
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fhansen
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It’s normal for any being to avoid pain, and to seek pleasure-or happiness in any case. The question, however, is, how do we achieve this-what can cause us to be happy/satisfied? Our choices are limited in this life so any philosophy will end up short in its attempt to provide a means to fulfillment in this area. Christianity claims that God is our happiness-and so to hunger and thirst for Him and to seek after Him is to seek the only way of fulfilling us in this endeavor.
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