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Topic 6

School of thoughts Advantages Disadvantages

 You may buy you some level of comfort  You can’t buy true happiness
Materialism  May give you the opportunity to feel better in the short run  Your well-being will depend on your
 Materialism gives you the opportunity to always have the consumption level
latest things  People focus on showing off instead of
 You may be able to impress your friends creating real value
 Nice toys may make your day better  Unhappiness in case you lose your
 Materialism can result in better health insurance belongings
 You might be more motivated to perform in your job  You may become quite snobby
 You may be respected in society  Materialism will force you to continue to
 It can be easier for you to find a partner buy more goods
 Can help you to protect yourself against old-age poverty  People may take too much for granted
 Materialists often have to work long hours
 The gain from upsizing is lower than the
loss from downsizing
 Inefficient use of resources
 You may become a target for envy
 More material things also imply more work
 Materialism will not lead to improvements
on a personal level
 False friends, mental issues
 Financial problems, excessive waste
production
 Air pollution, particle pollution, global
warming
 Soil pollution, endangerment of species
 It focuses on maximum happiness of an individual.  Hedonists would justify drug abuse as it
Hedonism  appreciating art, investing in personal relations, cultivating gives a sense of pleasure, however short
hobbies. lived.
 Promotes consumerism which is a boost to economy,  Makes a person spendthrift than making
employment generation. him save for the future.
 Hedonists wouldn’t realize that health and
financial prudence gives long term
happiness at the expense of short term
discomfort.
 Law of marginal utility is applied to
Hedonists that they have to consume more
and more to get same amount of pleasure.
 This, consumerism leads to exploitation of
natural resources which is not good for
environment and sustainable development.
 Their never ending greed becomes their
need and so on and so forth.
 For the hedonist, constant pleasure-
seeking may not yield the most actual
pleasure or happiness in the long run—or
even in the short run, when consciously
pursuing pleasure interferes with
experiencing it.
 Feel more calm.  You'll have to give up a lot of things that
Stoicism  Overcome stress or anxiety. you thought you needed, and your
 Be more productive. priorities may shift considerably
 Feel more empowered.  You'll have to face your fears and analyze
 Maintain perspective. your thoughts, desires and values (and this
 Persevere through stressful times. can be quite painful)
 You'll go through an "adaptation period", in
which you'll have to change habits and
incorporate new ones
 You'll have to make a commitment to
follow the meditation routines, read the
books, and discuss the ideas with other
people
 In the beginning, it will be difficult to
absorb all the ideas. Find a mentor or a
support group
 Non conflicting ideas  No fear of God
Theists  Satisfied with their own theories  They don’t look for meanings
 Free of controversial facts  Hopelessness for afterlife
 Not forced to follow traditions  Condemned
 You are not being judged, more logical

 Values self-fulfillment and personal ideals  It enables the professional to put much
Humanism  It satisfies the idea of most people regarding the meaning of emphasis on the subjective experience.
being human
 This focuses more on humankind's positive nature and free will
that is relative to change