Background: Because of the highlighted role of ethical responsibility in social and individual life, it is looked as an important issue in ethics area. Social responsibility that is defined as a sub-factor of ethical responsibility will have such an important place. What is discussed in responsibility discussions commonly is the “human will”. Responsibility is more based on the free will. In th...

One of the most controversial issues for the followers of great religions has been the scope of man's determinism and choice with regard to the will of God, the creator of the universe. The Islamic sects of Mu'tazeleh, Zeidieh, Ismai'lieh, Imamieh, Matridieh, 'Asha'ereh, and Jabrieh hav assumed the most an the least amount of determinism for man respectively. In the light of Hakim Sanai's poem...

The problem of Destiny and Predestination and, following it, determinism because of its complicated nature has always been misused in different ways. As is understood by Amavid texts including letters and speeches clearly, determinism has been a common idea in their age. The paper deals with the problem with regard to the part by Amavid rulers and considers some Amavid caliphates` speeches in i...

from its emergence till present time marxist principles has undergone great changes since their promulgation by marx. many theorists and thinkers set at rectifying marxist tenets and introducing those of their own while others advocated its main concepts and attempted at improving them. among marxist philosophers who had an intensive study of marxs ideology, is louis althusser whose reflections...