Dynamic Heritage Through the Five Paradigms and Corruption Suppression: An Analytic, Appreciative and Applicative Study
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Abstract
Corruption is a life-long fact in human society since its, and be the beginning and generates problems to humankind in many dimensions, while, the attitude of protection against and the suppression of corruption have been various according to each paradigm. The researcher thus would like to find the answer to the question whether the corruption could be suppressed by the moderate postmodern philosophy. This research had as objective to analyze, appreciate and apply moderate postmodern philosophy with the aim of offering principles and disciplines to suppress the corruption in any era. This research employed the method of philosophical research, namely the dialectical method with the discursive process between opposing groups of those who followed modern philosophy and the researcher with his supporting group. The findings of this research indicated that the opposing group of modern tenets of suppression: by law and by education with modernistic paradigm. The researcher had a contrasting view and proposed that the corruption might be suppressed only by the moderate postmodern paradigm. The main reason was based on the fact that corruption tends to destroy the system and to obstruct the right way. In fact, some corruptions are legally right but ethically wrong and education used to neglect morality and favour utilitarianism. The new education aims at improving the quality of life through creativity, adaptivity, cooperativity and requisivity aiming at the authentic happiness. The result of this research can be applied to harmonize legislation with education in our county.
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