Are You Free If Your Desires Choose for You? — a philosophical inquiry into Aristotle, the Stoics, Spinoza, desire and self-mastery by Syed Raheel Shahzad — سيد راحيل شهزاد. Research Update · Freedom · Agency · Self-Mastery · 31 August 2026 Are You Free If Your Desires Choose for You? Aristotle, the Stoics and the…
If We Know Better, Why Do We Choose Worse? — a philosophical study of Socrates, Aristotle, akrasia, desire, habit and moral action by Syed Raheel Shahzad — سيد راحيل شهزاد. Research Update · Socrates · Aristotle · Akrasia · 30 August 2026 If We Know Better, Why Do We Still Choose Worse? Socrates, Aristotle and…
Philosophical Essay · 30 August 2026 · Measurement, Personhood and Human Worth The Measured Life and the Unmeasurable Person: Why Numbers Cannot Carry the Whole Truth of a Human Being A number can describe something about a person. It can never contain the whole truth of the person. The Measured Life and the Unmeasurable Person:…
Who Taught You What Is Wrong? — a philosophical inquiry into conscience, fitrah, guilt, shame and the formation of moral judgment. By Syed Raheel Shahzad — سيد راحيل شهزاد. Research Update · Conscience · Fitrah · Moral Judgment · 29 August 2026 Who Taught You What Is Wrong? The Formation of Conscience and the Inner…
Philosophical Essay · 29 August 2026 · Power, Time and Intergenerational Responsibility The Silent Claim of the Future: Power, Irreversibility and Responsibility to the Unborn Those who cannot participate in our choices may become their most permanent subjects. The Silent Claim of the Future: Power, Irreversibility and Responsibility to the Unborn — Syed Raheel Shahzad…
Who Taught You What to Want? — a philosophical essay on desire, imitation, status, social influence and the hidden forces shaping what people pursue. By Syed Raheel Shahzad — سيد راحيل شهزاد. Research Update · Philosophy of Desire · Human Nature · Social Formation · 28 August 2026 Who Taught You What to Want? The…
Philosophical Essay · 28 August 2026 · Gift, Debt, Freedom and Moral Boundaries The Moral Limits of Gratitude: Gift, Debt and the Right to Remain Free A gift may deserve remembrance, respect and reciprocity. It never purchases ownership over another person’s future. The Moral Limits of Gratitude: Gift, Debt and the Right to Remain Free…
Before Society Names Us — a philosophical inquiry into fitrah, human nature, identity, social formation and what remains beneath inherited labels. By Syed Raheel Shahzad — سيد راحيل شهزاد. Research Update · Philosophical Anthropology · Fitrah · Identity · 27 August 2026 Before Society Names Us: Is There a Human Nature Beneath Identity? The human…
Philosophical Essay · 27 August 2026 · Inheritance, Agency and Moral Responsibility The Moral Status of the Unchosen: Inheritance, Freedom and the Work of Becoming We do not choose the forces that begin forming us. Moral life begins when we decide what those forces will be permitted to continue through us. The Moral Status of…
When People Leave, What Remains? — a research essay on institutional memory, continuity and how knowledge survives beyond individuals. By Syed Raheel Shahzad — سيد راحيل شهزاد. Research Update · Institutional Memory · Systems Thinking · Organizational Learning · 26 August 2026 When People Leave, What Remains? The Architecture of Institutional Memory An institution begins…
