(ibid) Haruyama mixes willy-nilly the philosophies of idealism and theology. In fact he is constructing a modern hedonism, or a popularized version of Epicureanism (in which pleasure, especially pleasure of the mind, is the highest good). He sees happiness as the sole criterion of behavior or decision-making. He emphasizes simple pleasure, thus avoiding moral responsibility or social and political controversy.
這種含混的唯心論和神化觀點，其實所要營造的正是現代版的享樂主義，亦即世俗化的伊比鳩魯派快樂論，認為快樂是行為或做抉擇的唯一依據，強調單純的感官愉悅，從而迴避道德義務或社會、政治爭議。