<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section contains too many or too - lengthy quotations for an encyclopedic entry . Please help improve the article by presenting facts as a neutrally - worded summary with appropriate citations . Consider transferring direct quotations to Wikiquote . (January 2014) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Westminster Shorter Catechism summarizes the "chief end of man" as "to glorify God and enjoy Him forever ." Piper has suggested that this would be more correct as "to glorify God by enjoying Him forever ." Many Christian hedonists, such as Matt Chandler, point to figures such as Blaise Pascal and Jonathan Edwards as exemplars of Christian hedonism from the past, though their lives predate the term . </P> <P> Christian hedonism was developed in opposition to the deontology of Immanuel Kant . Kant argued that actions should be considered praiseworthy only if they do not proceed from the actor's desires or expected benefit, but rather from a sense of duty . On the contrary, Christian hedonists advocate for a consequentialist ethic based on an understanding that their greatest possible happiness can be found in God . In this critique of Kant, John Piper was influenced by Ayn Rand . </P> <P> British writer C.S. Lewis, in an oft - quoted passage in his short piece "The Weight of Glory," likewise objects to Kantian ethics: </P>

God is most pleased with us when we are most satisfied in him