An Investigation of the philosophy of Death and its Training Implications on Lifestyle

Authors

1 PhD candidate of philosophy of education, Kharazmi University

2 Assistant professor, faculty of psychology and educational sciences, Kharazmi University

Abstract

This research is intended to study the nature of death and its inevitability from the point of view of the Holy Qur'an, and to review the perceived experience of the teachers about it. The purpose of this study is to compare these two approaches in terms of theory and practice and to derive training principles and methods for lifestyle. In view of this, the researchers employed concept analysis, the nature and necessity of death from the point of view of the Holy Qur'an. Based on inferential method, the principles and methods derived from the analysis of the verses of the Quran are presented in the form of various categories. As this research focuses on the death and lifestyle from various approaches, the principles and methods of education are deduced from three attitudes: attitude towards being, attitude towards oneself, and attitude towards others. On the other hand, teachers following Islamic lifestyle have been subjected to semi-structured interviews based on the phenomenological method. Then, the differences and similarities of these two perspectives are assessed using adaptive paired-comparison method. According to the findings of this research, some of the principles of education derived from the Quranic verses were not accessible in the teachers' perceptions. Some other features had not been perceived by teachers’ Islamic lifestyle, or had encountered problems. Consequently, the philosophy of death from the view of the Holy Qur'an and the perceived experience of teachers’ lifestyle shared a lot. Yet, it seems that many of the similarities are encountered with theoretical doubts which made them missing the state of certainty.

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