hool of thought Advantages Disadvantages

Materialism a) Materialism can stimulate consumer a) High levels of materialism have le

desire to some extent and stimulate positive emotions, higher levels
achievement motivation. depression, loneliness, anxiety a
b) Spend too much time and energy on drug abuse
hard work, achieving personal goals, b) Tend to reduce investment in intrin
and achieving higher performance in value such as self-fulfillment a
order to obtain the things they want. contributions to families, friends, a
c) Stimulate commodity demand, communities.
thereby promoting economic c) Tend to save less money because th
prosperity and social progress. have poorer money manageme
d) Wanting a material thing that cannot skills and more gambling problem
be attained in an instant teaches the and accumulate huge deb
value of dreaming, working hard and promoting compulsive consumpti
perseverance. and conspicuous consumption.
d) They care less about the environme
as well as the people around them.
Hedonism a) It’s either eradicate negative feelings a) Their never ending greed becomes
or emotions temporarily or their need and so on and so forth.
permanently. b) Makes a person spendthrift than
b) An individual may experience so making save for the future needs.
much happiness and less sadness. c) Constant pleasure-seeking may not
c) Promotes consumerism which is a yield the most actual pleasure or
boost to economy happiness in the long run.
d) It improves the critical thinking of a d) Some bad habits including excessi
person resulting to strength, consumption of alcoholic beverages
cooperativeness, comfort and and even dangerous drugs may put
protection, good health and longevity their lives near to death.
e) Exploitation of natural resources
because of too much consumer will
lead to unsustainable development.
Stoicism a) By sacrificing to train to constant a) the long run. they may develop
hardship, a person can immune and greater levels of apathy to the exten
prepare themselves to more that they will be numb and cannot b
deprivation of the future. affected by anything, causing it to b
b) a stoic person is less anxious they do in-built to systems.
not fear things ahead, thinking that b) Because of the lack of emotional
these things are only a simple blip in attachment, it can affect the rational
the cosmic timescale and no one will thinking of a person believing that
remember in the long run. doesn't affect them personally mean
c) stoics focus on the things they have it is not Important.
partial and have a control over rather c) A stoic person is already used to thi
those which they have no control that all the problems thrown in life
over, thus reaching goals is more can be handled alone, hence ending
easier and practical. up being alone and detached.
d) A person will not invest or sacrifice d) In practicing stoicism, people may n
big commitments for a short term notice that they are accepting things
results; they value pain and hard work they shouldn’t; leading the attempt t
to acquire good things in life. gain control over our emotions.
e) e) People will always remember the e) e) keeping problems to themselves f
inevitability of death. In this case, many times can trigger and disrupt
 they will learn the value of life, living different processes not just for
and the livings. emotional aspect but for the mental
and physical too.
Theism a) A theistic person believes on the a) There are a lot of religions in the
morality that is based on the ground society and often have contradictory
of punishment for evil deeds and ideologies and conflicting ideas.
rewards for good deeds b) Religious concept frequently have n
b) knowing that there is a supreme being scientific basis and dwell on myths,
watching and judging above, there this the clash of science and the
might be no instances of gratuitous of church.
evil because of the fear of punishment c) Some religions have coerced its
c) Aside from facts, theists always look followers to obey traditions that are
for the deeper essence of life even in strange and downright unnatural to
the smallest details. These people are person’s Point of view.
usually bounded with inspiration d) d) In the modern era, some teaching
toward good causes. in religion are already outdated and
cannot adapt to the ever- changing
world; theists rejecting more update
information.
Humanism a) Through the development of
technology, people are striving to a) Some invented technology created
make their life and environment hazard to human health.
easier to inhabit. b) Also, human innovation such as
b) Modern researchers and scientist are vehicles and factories contribute to
aiming to use ethics and technology sudden development of global
to improve the word for the future of warming or climate change
humanity. c) Without the presence of religious
c) Humanism support the freedom of a ideologies and ideas which are base
person without detachment to their from god’s principles, people tend t
social responsibility commit crimes.
d) it advocates the engagement of the
people to participatory democracy
and open society, standing for human
rights and social.