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International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE, 10(36), Serial Number. 4, Autumn. 2023, 111-138

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER
Pleasure from the Perspective of Jeremy Bentham and its
Critique with an Emphasis on the Verses of the Holy Qur’an

1*
Dr. Ali Ghanbarian , Prof. Ali Asgari Yazdi 2

1.* Post-Doc Researcher in Department of Theoretical Foundations of Islam, Faculty of

Islamic Sciences and Thought, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author)

2. Prof. in Departmen of Theoretical Foundations of Islam, Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Thought,
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, asgariyazdi@ut.ac.ir

ARTICL INFO ABSTRACT
Article History: SU BJECT & OBJECTIVES: Pleasure motivates humans in pleasant and
Received: 27 August 2023 unpleasant behaviors. Numerous ethical schools have discussed
Revised: 09 October 2023 pleasure. Some schools have embraced hedonism. One of these
Accepted: 23 November 2023 schools is utilitarianism. In the Holy Qur’an, many verses about
pleasure are mentioned. These verses are discussed in the form of
Key Words:
resurrection, social reform, food and clothing, etc. Since Jeremy
Bentham's principles of hedonism have had a great impact on
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philosophers, thinkers, social laws, and the culture and lifestyle of
Pleasure people, the present article is an explanation of pleasure from Jeremy
Bentham's viewpoint and compares it with verses of the Qur’an.
Hedonism
METHOD & FINDING: The library data collection and information
Utilitarianism processing method is descriptive-analytical critical. A finding of
this article is to explain the similarities and differences of Jeremy
Jeremy Bentham Bentham's view compared to the verses of the Holy Qur’an.

DOI: CONCLUSION: After the studies, we concluded that in both
10.22034/imjpl.2023.16199.1102 perspective hedonism and its excitatory aspect in humans with
psychological hedonism, there are also points of disagreement:
DOR: In the verses of the Qur’an, unlike Bentham, the pleasures of the
20.1001.1.26767619.2023.10.36.4.6 hereafter and its preference over the pleasures of this world have
been emphasized and the other that in the Qur’an, hedonism is not

accepted in an absolute. Also, some of the blessings of the
hereafter are mentioned in the Qur’an.

* Corresponding Author:
Email: ali.ghanbarian@alumni.ut.ac.ir Article Address Published on the Journal Site:
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16 2 (Iran)