Assignment # 01

Professional Ethics
Fall Semester 2022

Submitted by:

Name: Muneeb Aslam

Course: BESE-26C
CMS ID: 344417

Submitted to:

Muhammad Danyal

Dated: 16/10/2022

Department of Computer Software Engineering

Military College of Signals
National University of Sciences and Technology
 Who Am I
Personal identity deals with philosophical questions that arise about ourselves by
virtue of our being people (or, as lawyers and philosophers like to say, persons). This
contrasts with questions about ourselves that arise by virtue of our being living things,
conscious beings, material objects, or the like. Many of these questions occur to nearly
all of us now and again: What am I? When did I begin? What will happen to me when I
die? Others are more abstruse. They have been discussed since the origins of Western
philosophy, and most major figures have had something to say about them.

The topic is sometimes discussed under the protean term self. ‘Self’ is sometimes
synonymous with ‘person’, but often means something different: a sort of unchanging,
immaterial subject of consciousness, for instance (as in the phrase ‘the myth of the
self’).

Here are presented some of the most amazing philosophical theories about WHO AM I

1. Nondualism
Nondualism or non-duality is the idea that the universe and all of its vast
multiplicity are ultimately mere expressions or perceived appearances of the one
essential reality. This seemingly unusual concept was used to define and determine
different influential religious and spiritual thoughts.

It is often used interchangeably with Neo-Advaita philosophy. All that refers to the
Absolute, is different from the “adyava,” which is a type of non-dualism of both
conventional and the ultimate truth.

2. Neo-Advaita
Neo-Advaita, also known as the “Satsang-movement,” is a new religious movement
that emphasizes the recognition of the non-existence of the “I” or “ego,” without the
need of any previous preparatory practice.

The basic practice of Neo-Advaita is through self-inquiry, such as by asking oneself the
question “Who am I?” or even simply accepting the unimportance of the “I” or “ego.”
 3. Dualism
Dualism comes from the term “duo” (a Latin word) which translates as “two.”
Dualism essentially represents the state of two parts. For example, moral dualism is the
belief of the great dependence or conflict between the good and the evil. It indicates
that there are always two moral opposites.

The concept of yin and yang, which is a large part of Chinese philosophy and an
important feature of Taoism, is a great example of dualism.

4. Henosis
Henosis comes from the ancient Greek word which translates to mystical “oneness,”
“union,” or “unity” in classical Greek. Henosis is represented in Platonism and in
Neoplatonism as a union with what is fundamental in reality.

It had been further developed in Christian theology – the Corpus Hermeticum,

mysticism, and soteriology. It was of great importance during Late Antiquity, in times of
the development of monotheism.