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course, according to David obtaining those pleasures.
Hume's formulation, a “Fallacy From the perspective of the
of ought from is” has taken Qur’an, the love of worldly
place in Bentham's statement. possessions and wealth is
(Hume, 2003: 521) natural for humans:
In the Qur’anic intellectual “By no means shall you
system, psycho-logistic hedonism attain to righteousness until
is accepted; But ethical you spend (benevolently)
hedonism is rejected. out of what you love; and
From the perspective of the whatever thing you spend,
Qur’anic verses, psychological Allah surely knows it”.
hedonism is acceptable; that (Qur’an, 3: 92)
is, Islam accepts that humans
are always seeking pleasure Allameh Tabataba'i affirms
and will not pursue an action the psychological concept of
unless they feel pleasure in it; pleasure-seeking by citing
One could even argue that Qur’anic verses. He says
Qur’anic verses endorse psychology is a theory that
motivational hedonism as the suggests people truly seek
most important form of pleasure in their lives.
psychological hedonism, which According to this theory,
says that only pleasure and all activities are focused on
pain motivate us to act. obtaining pleasure and avoiding
Islam introduces true pain. It is a conscience belief
pleasures to humans and that every person loves
recognizes that human's real themselves and their perfection,
happiness lies in securing and and seeks to obtain their
