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Originally Posted by ravage
To talk about a 'deformed perception of hedonism''s purported effects in a thread titled 'Philosophy of hedonism is akin to talking about 'a deformed perception of Islam''s purported effects in a thread titled "Religion of Islam"
Sure modern society is individualistic and increasingly capitalist/materialist, but you cant really say that philosophy of hedonism is motivating that. I would say that the problem is that there is no philosophy motivating that. people dont really think in terms of philosophy or religion all that much in the specific sort of instances you're talking about.
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It is very true that people don’t pay attention, don’t explore the cause and don’t generally question integrity of the norms of the society, majority of the people that constitute a society walk blindly on the net of social norms. One out of million would dare to question one of the established traditions and, my friend; one out of hundreds of millions may come up with a philosophy which later becomes an established norm.
An ideology intended for a social change does not and should not target every individual of the society, it only targets opinion leaders, once an opinion leader becomes a proponent of a culture, a herd of mindless followers follows regardless of the impact, regardless of the consequences, thus a culture of blind social faith is generated and once deeply rooted, it becomes a norm.
Culture of hedonism within the most affluent segments of society has been accepted and has given birth to a culture of greed in the middle class of the society. The lower and lower middle class of the global society has been forced to commit either social or moral crimes to follow culture of the classes above them.
Last but not least, I don’t see any issue in discussing positive or negative perception of the religion of Islam under the title “religion of Islam”, I may be wrong but there can be as many point of views as many people discussing a point of view, all different, all contending yet all falling under the marquee of same subject.