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            126   International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE, 10(36), Autumn. 2023

            with  religious  people,  he              longevity,  and  quality  when
            considered  some  of  their               calculating pleasure.
            actions     contrary      to    the          Analyzing  the  existence  of
            principle     of    utility    and        this issue is due to the lack of
            pleasure-seeking.                         insight of those who hold this

               Furthermore, Bentham went              viewpoint.
            even further in Chapter two of               Someone who limits human
            his book  “An  Introduction to            life  to  only  this  worldly  life

            the  Principles  of  Morals  and          cannot      comprehend         any
            Legislation”  and  rejected  the          pleasure  other  than  worldly
            explicit propositions of heavenly         pleasures, and even then only

            books  by  the  statement  the            in  certain  degrees.  Some  of
            fear arising from superstition;           the  spiritual  pleasures  are
            However,  discussions  about              included  in  the  worldly

            the  afterlife  and  the  day  of         pleasures  that  materialistic
            judgment are common teachings             perspectives  are  incapable  of
            among all Heavenly religion.              experiencing  and  comparing
               This  view,  based  on  a              with      physical      pleasures.

            materialistic system, this view           (Dabiri, 2015: 92)
            has  overlooked  a  significant              Humans must seek pleasure
            part  of  human  life,  which  is         that has the highest intensity,

            eternal  life  in  the  hereafter.        quality,  and  duration.  The
            This  ignorance  has  caused              place      to     achieve      this
            people  to  disregard  these              sustainable      and    authentic

            forms of pleasure that cannot             pleasure  is  not  within  this
            be  compared  with  worldly               world;  But  rather  in  the
            pleasures  in  terms  of  purity,         afterlife.  Therefore,  humans
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