For any activity that seems pleasurable to lead to harm seems unfair, and profoundly wrong, according to this point of view. A third major characteristic of our age is the belief that the purpose of life is the pursuit of pleasure. Pleasure and happiness are undifferentiated. People who provide pleasure through entertainment are rewarded by being given the highest pay of any profession. All time that is not devoted to earning the capability to have pleasure is spent in pleasurable activities.
Pleasure is seen as an end in itself and the highest good.
Finally, building upon the third belief, each religion that is acceptable is seen as a kind of benign superstition. It gives the person who follows that religion pleasure. It promises the user that the pursuit of one's pleasure is in harmony with the universe. However, it makes no real demands and exacts no cost except that which is rewarded by pleasure and success. It does not interfere with life or values in the real world.