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Pleasure from the Perspective of… A. Ghanbarian & A. Asgari Yazdi (121
Also, In some verses of the utility, is that lower pleasures
Qur’an, the importance of should be sacrificed for
preserving the public interest higher ones:
is emphasized: The value of a pleasure or
“And spend in the way of pain, considered by itself,
Allah and cast not will be greater or less,
yourselves to perdition with according to the four
your own hands, and do following circumstances:
good (to others); surely its intensity; its duration;
Allah loves the doers of its certainty or uncertainty;
good”. (Qur’an, 2: 195) and its propinquity or
remoteness. (Bentham, 2017: 22)
The Inconsistent Foundations
of Bentham's Theories with No pleasure has been
Qur’an rejected or banned in
utilitarianism, not even those
1. The Acceptance of all that ethical sensibilities of
Pleasures humans or other ethical
In Chapter 5 of his book “An schools have deemed undesirable,
Introduction to the Principles if they lead to happiness and
of Morals and Legislation”, benefit. However, animal instincts
Bentham examines pleasures without limits and boundaries
and categorizes them; But he face many problems, and the
does not forbid any of them. system of life is disrupted.
The ultimate conclusion that Material pleasures must be
can be drawn from Bentham's restrained within divine or
pleasure-measuring formula, popular laws so as not to lead
according to the principle of
