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The Pursuit of Happiness: The Virtue of Consumption and the Consumption of Virtue
Author(s) -
Makant Mindy G.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2010.00555.x
Subject(s) - happiness , virtue , friendship , consumption (sociology) , faith , nothing , telos , power (physics) , sociology , environmental ethics , aesthetics , philosophy , social psychology , psychology , social science , epistemology , physics , quantum mechanics
: In a consumer culture we seek fulfillment and happiness through the act of consumption, often conflating purchasing power with freedom. The Christian tradition, however, teaches us that our telos is nothing less than friendship with God. It is through incorporation into a community of faith that we participate in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and thereby receive a foretaste of true happiness.