The answer to your life doesn’t lie in your next checkout purchase. The dignity of your being isn’t defined by what device, car, or bag you own. And as you read this, an inner conflict may arise: No, everything around me bases its value on material things. How could I adopt a different set of values when the whole world seems built to comply with consumerism? First of all, this writing isn’t meant to be a guideline. It’s my personal attempt to document my train of thought on

“Sapere Aude! (Beranilah berpikir sendiri!)”  Begitulah ucap Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) di dalam Esainya yang terkenal berjudul “ What is Enlightenment?”  yang diterbitkan pada tahun 1784. Sesuatu yang ironis sebenarnya kata tersebut diucapkan oleh Kant, seseorang yang membatasi akal murni untuk terbang lebih jauh dalam jeruji besi konsep noumena , konsepnya sebenarnya membuat jalur progres filsafat menjadi lebih teratur, namun Kant betul-betul menutup potensi pikiran dan meni

While the question of multiculturalism became a matter in the post-modern world, mostly  the researchers and policy analysts asserted that the possibility of multiculturalism is naturally associated with religious diversity. I begin with Charles Taylor’s view on multiculturalism  through the lens of recognition. He argues that the acknowledgement of a group’s unique cultural  identity by the authority is a fundamental human need for individual and collective manifestation. T

Imagine you find a phone lying on the ground. Someone must have dropped it without realizing. What would you do? Most people would say the right thing to do is to return it to its owner, perhaps by checking the emergency contacts or handing it to the police. That is what our sense of morality tells us. Returning the phone seems like the “good” and “right” course of action. But you could also choose the opposite path: keep the phone for yourself or sell it for a quick profit.

You ever notice how most of the battles we fight aren’t out there, but in here? Points at head. It’s strange. You can be sitting quietly in your room, not talking to anyone, and still feel like you’re in a full-blown war with yourself. Between what you want, what you need, and what you know you should probably stop wanting. Sometimes I think we forget how powerful desire actually is. It’s like this quiet general giving us orders we don’t even question. “Buy that.” “Message th

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. - Ralph Waldo Emerson – Self-Reliance Essay, 1841   Being a true self can be grueling, especially in modern society. We seem to be overly dependent on how others perceive us, often unwittingly so, since our lives are more exposed publicly with just one click on social media. This makes our online presence more believable than our real ones. It's