Aleksandar Fatić
Biographic Data
| ID | 613052 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aleksandar Fatić |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aleksandar |
| FAMILY NAME | Fatić |
| SIGNATURE | FATIĆ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Belgrade |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5672-7183 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sympathy and the Epistemic Foundations of Moral Judgement
This paper argues that sympathy constitutes an epistemically necessary condition for adequate moral judgement in situations involving other persons. Drawing on Max Scheler’s phenomenology while challenging his restrictive conclusions, I demonstrate that sympathetic perception provides irreplaceable access to morally relevant features of situations that rational deliberation alone cannot secure. The analysis extends to institutional contexts, show…
"Normalcy" in Behavioral Philosophy and in Spiritual Practice
This paper introduces the concept of behavioral philosophy, discusses its relationship to philosophical counseling and psychotherapy, and focuses on the concept of normalcy as the normative foundation for a broader discussion on pathology versus philosophical dysfunctionality in life. Following the starting definitions, the argument proceeds to considering how normalcy as a normative foundation of both behavioral philosophy and philosophical coun…
Modal logic in integrative philosophical practice
The paper discusses the differences between a practical emphasis on binary logic on the one hand, and modal logic, on the other, specifically in the fields of philosophical practice and psychotherapy. Although studies of practical applications of modal logic in the helping professions are recent, the discussion largely revolves around the controversial application of modality in psychotherapy by C.G. Jung and Lacan?s psychoanalysis. The present a…
Joseph Agassi and the Various Guises of Magic
Joseph Agassi’s last book, The Philosophy of Practical Affairs, offers a comprehensive look at key philosophical topics and doctrines with a common focus on the role of rationality, the evolution of rationality and the relationship between rationality and akin phenomena. A key topic he addresses is the relationship between rationality and magic. This dichotomy reverberates on a number of areas of applied philosophy, including philosophical practi…
Forfeiting the paradigm of victimhood
This paper is a philosophical meta-discussion of the current culture in psychiatry and psychotherapy that focuses on trauma as the source and predominant determinant of a large number of psychiatric complaints. Such a culture leads to increasing, rather the decreasing, the destructive role of traumatization and victimization throughout the life experiences of those affected, and (as culture) is exemplified by increasing calls by influential psych…
An ethics-based ‘identity-proof’ of god’s existence. An ontology for philotherapy
A resurgence of scholarly work on proof of God?s existence is noticeable over the past decade, with considerable emphasis on attempts to provide ?analytic proof? based on the meanings and logic of various identity statements which constitute premises of the syllogisms of the ?proof?. Most recently perhaps, Emmanuel Rutten?s ?modal-epistemic proof? has drawn serious academic attention. Like other ?analytic? and strictly logical proofs of God?s exi…
Accepting the political face of international criminal justice
Can memory erasure contribute to a virtuous tempering of emotions
The paper deals with a perspective of Christian philosophy on artificial memory erasuse for psychotherapeutic purposes. Its central question is whether a safe and reliable technology of memory erasure, once it is available, would be acceptable from a Christian ethics point of view. The main facet of this question is related to the Christian ethics requirement of contrition for the past wrongs, which in the case of memory erasure of particulary tr…
Transitional Justice in Troubled Societies
This book discusses the crucial strategic topic for the practical implementation of transitional justice in post-conflict societies by arguing that the dilemma is defined by the extent to which the actual achievement of the political goals of transition is a necessary condition for the long-term observance and implementation of justice. While in many cases the ‘blind’ criminal justice does not enhance, and even militates against, the achievement …
The ethics of drone warfare
The paper investigates the compatibility of the modern technologies of warfare, specifically the use of offensive drones, with traditional military ethics and suggests that the new technologies radically change the value system of the military in ways which make large parts of the traditional military ethics inapplicable. The author suggests that Agamben?s concept of ?effectivity? through ?special actions? which mark one?s belonging to a particul…
Practicing philosophy
The intentionality of madness
In this paper I discuss John Searle?s selective view of intentionality of mental states, and place it in the context of impairment to personal identity that occurs in mental illness. I criticize Searle?s view that intentionality characterizes some but not all mental states; I do so both on principled and on empirical grounds. I then proceed to examine the narrative theory of self, advanced by Paul Ricoeur, Marya Schechtman and others, and explore…
Pleasure in Epicurean and Christian Orthodox conceptions of happiness
The essay examines the central role that pleasure plays in a wide range of conceptualisations of happiness or 'good life' from Epicurean hedonism, to Christian asceticism, to contemporary cases of pastoral and philosophical counseling. Despite the apparent moral chasm between hedonists and ascetics, a look at the practices promoted by Epicurus and the Christian monastic fathers reveals striking similarities. The reason is that, at a fundamental l…
"Corruption, corporate character-formation and "value-strategy
While most discussions of corruption focus on administration, institutions, the law and public policy, little attention in the debate about societal reform is paid to the ?internalities? of anti-corruption efforts, specifically to character-formation and issues of personal and corporate integrity. While the word ?integrity? is frequently mentioned as the goal to be achieved through institutional reforms, even in criminal prosecutions, the specifi…
A Strategy Based on Doubt
Russia's role in the Balkans waned in the post-Cold War period until President Dmitry Medvedev's Serbia visit in October 2009. The visit marked a sharp turn in Russia's approach to the region, with the new and more assertive rhetoric suggesting Russia's willingness to engage in ‘infighting’ the western military and energy security interests. Revived Russian interest in a new security mechanism for Europe to replace NATO, talk of establishing a Ru…
Anti‐corruption and anti‐organized crime policy in Serbia
The article deals with the concrete steps taken by the Serbian Government between 2001 and 2004 to address corruption‐related problems in Serbian society. Such measures have been numerous, and they reflect a genuine and energetic effort expended on the part of the policy makers to substantially reduce the rate of corruption, thus allowing for a smoother passage of society through the current transitional difficulties. However, there are methodolo…
Serbien nach der Revolution
Pleasure in Epicurean and Christian Orthodox conceptions of happiness
The essay examines the central role that pleasure plays in a wide range of conceptualisations of happiness or 'good life' from Epicurean hedonism, to Christian asceticism, to contemporary cases of pastoral and philosophical counseling. Despite the apparent moral chasm between hedonists and ascetics, a look at the practices promoted by Epicurus and the Christian monastic fathers reveals striking similarities. The reason is that, at a fundamental l…
A Strategy Based on Doubt
Russia's role in the Balkans waned in the post-Cold War period until President Dmitry Medvedev's Serbia visit in October 2009. The visit marked a sharp turn in Russia's approach to the region, with the new and more assertive rhetoric suggesting Russia's willingness to engage in ‘infighting’ the western military and energy security interests. Revived Russian interest in a new security mechanism for Europe to replace NATO, talk of establishing a Ru…
Serbien nach der Revolution
Anti‐corruption and anti‐organized crime policy in Serbia
The article deals with the concrete steps taken by the Serbian Government between 2001 and 2004 to address corruption‐related problems in Serbian society. Such measures have been numerous, and they reflect a genuine and energetic effort expended on the part of the policy makers to substantially reduce the rate of corruption, thus allowing for a smoother passage of society through the current transitional difficulties. However, there are methodolo…
A Strategy Based on Doubt
Russia's role in the Balkans waned in the post-Cold War period until President Dmitry Medvedev's Serbia visit in October 2009. The visit marked a sharp turn in Russia's approach to the region, with the new and more assertive rhetoric suggesting Russia's willingness to engage in ‘infighting’ the western military and energy security interests. Revived Russian interest in a new security mechanism for Europe to replace NATO, talk of establishing a Ru…
"Corruption, corporate character-formation and "value-strategy
While most discussions of corruption focus on administration, institutions, the law and public policy, little attention in the debate about societal reform is paid to the ?internalities? of anti-corruption efforts, specifically to character-formation and issues of personal and corporate integrity. While the word ?integrity? is frequently mentioned as the goal to be achieved through institutional reforms, even in criminal prosecutions, the specifi…
The intentionality of madness
In this paper I discuss John Searle?s selective view of intentionality of mental states, and place it in the context of impairment to personal identity that occurs in mental illness. I criticize Searle?s view that intentionality characterizes some but not all mental states; I do so both on principled and on empirical grounds. I then proceed to examine the narrative theory of self, advanced by Paul Ricoeur, Marya Schechtman and others, and explore…
Pleasure in Epicurean and Christian Orthodox conceptions of happiness
The essay examines the central role that pleasure plays in a wide range of conceptualisations of happiness or 'good life' from Epicurean hedonism, to Christian asceticism, to contemporary cases of pastoral and philosophical counseling. Despite the apparent moral chasm between hedonists and ascetics, a look at the practices promoted by Epicurus and the Christian monastic fathers reveals striking similarities. The reason is that, at a fundamental l…
Practicing philosophy
The ethics of drone warfare
The paper investigates the compatibility of the modern technologies of warfare, specifically the use of offensive drones, with traditional military ethics and suggests that the new technologies radically change the value system of the military in ways which make large parts of the traditional military ethics inapplicable. The author suggests that Agamben?s concept of ?effectivity? through ?special actions? which mark one?s belonging to a particul…
Transitional Justice in Troubled Societies
This book discusses the crucial strategic topic for the practical implementation of transitional justice in post-conflict societies by arguing that the dilemma is defined by the extent to which the actual achievement of the political goals of transition is a necessary condition for the long-term observance and implementation of justice. While in many cases the ‘blind’ criminal justice does not enhance, and even militates against, the achievement …
Accepting the political face of international criminal justice
Can memory erasure contribute to a virtuous tempering of emotions
The paper deals with a perspective of Christian philosophy on artificial memory erasuse for psychotherapeutic purposes. Its central question is whether a safe and reliable technology of memory erasure, once it is available, would be acceptable from a Christian ethics point of view. The main facet of this question is related to the Christian ethics requirement of contrition for the past wrongs, which in the case of memory erasure of particulary tr…
An ethics-based ‘identity-proof’ of god’s existence. An ontology for philotherapy
A resurgence of scholarly work on proof of God?s existence is noticeable over the past decade, with considerable emphasis on attempts to provide ?analytic proof? based on the meanings and logic of various identity statements which constitute premises of the syllogisms of the ?proof?. Most recently perhaps, Emmanuel Rutten?s ?modal-epistemic proof? has drawn serious academic attention. Like other ?analytic? and strictly logical proofs of God?s exi…
Forfeiting the paradigm of victimhood
This paper is a philosophical meta-discussion of the current culture in psychiatry and psychotherapy that focuses on trauma as the source and predominant determinant of a large number of psychiatric complaints. Such a culture leads to increasing, rather the decreasing, the destructive role of traumatization and victimization throughout the life experiences of those affected, and (as culture) is exemplified by increasing calls by influential psych…
Modal logic in integrative philosophical practice
The paper discusses the differences between a practical emphasis on binary logic on the one hand, and modal logic, on the other, specifically in the fields of philosophical practice and psychotherapy. Although studies of practical applications of modal logic in the helping professions are recent, the discussion largely revolves around the controversial application of modality in psychotherapy by C.G. Jung and Lacan?s psychoanalysis. The present a…
Joseph Agassi and the Various Guises of Magic
Joseph Agassi’s last book, The Philosophy of Practical Affairs, offers a comprehensive look at key philosophical topics and doctrines with a common focus on the role of rationality, the evolution of rationality and the relationship between rationality and akin phenomena. A key topic he addresses is the relationship between rationality and magic. This dichotomy reverberates on a number of areas of applied philosophy, including philosophical practi…
"Normalcy" in Behavioral Philosophy and in Spiritual Practice
This paper introduces the concept of behavioral philosophy, discusses its relationship to philosophical counseling and psychotherapy, and focuses on the concept of normalcy as the normative foundation for a broader discussion on pathology versus philosophical dysfunctionality in life. Following the starting definitions, the argument proceeds to considering how normalcy as a normative foundation of both behavioral philosophy and philosophical coun…
Sympathy and the Epistemic Foundations of Moral Judgement
This paper argues that sympathy constitutes an epistemically necessary condition for adequate moral judgement in situations involving other persons. Drawing on Max Scheler’s phenomenology while challenging his restrictive conclusions, I demonstrate that sympathetic perception provides irreplaceable access to morally relevant features of situations that rational deliberation alone cannot secure. The analysis extends to institutional contexts, show…
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