معرفت اخلاقی

Using the "descriptive-analytical" method, the present research has tried to compare the outcomes of the moral evaluation criteria in two schools of "sensory hedonism" and "powerism". This comparison emphasizes the social harms of these two schools. The findings indicate that both schools can have many social harms, including: (1) increasing the probability of non-marital relations; (2) reducing the motivation to take care of disabled children; (3) reducing the motivation to care for the disabled and elderly; (4) quarreling for power and management in the family; (5) increasing the possibility of divorce; (6) creating disorder in society by increasing chaos; (7) creating dangerous political and governmental consequences. According to the obtained results, it seems that these schools are two sides of the same coin with similar consequences and serious harms to society. The important reason for these problems is that the mentioned schools have an incomplete understanding of the true identity of human beings. By knowing the true identity and nature of human beings, a more accurate evaluation criteria can be designed. In addition, powerism seems to boil down to hedonism because the desire for power is also a kind of pleasure that is related to the faculty of irascibility.