Ahmed Demir (philosopher)
Sipahi Ahmed Ali Khalid Demir Doctor of Philosophy, Nişan De Onur | |
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| Born | City of Industry Central |
| Nationality | Sharifistani Turk |
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Notable work | Utilitarianism and Politics, On The Conditions of the Sharifistani Worker and A Commentary on John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. |
| Spouse(s) | Aisha Demir (m.1965), Afet Demir (m. 2018) |
| Partner(s) | Ayeleen Demir (2017-) |
| Awards | Political Philosopher of the Year 2005 (Madinat Al-Islam University philosophy awards) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Middle East |
| School | Utilitarianism |
| Institutions | Madinat Al-Islam University, University College London |
| Thesis | Utilitarianism and the Sharifistani Conscription System |
| Doctoral advisor | Dr. Vincent De Clifford |
| Notable students | Muhammad Ali Aslan (lawyer) and Ahmed Khalid Pathan (politician) |
Main interests | Ethics, aesthetics and political philosophy |
Notable ideas | Beauty in art is to promote a higher form of pleasure and "The Sharifistani Way is tyranny of the minority". |
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Ahmed Ali Khalid Demir is a Utilitarian philosopher from Sharifistan known for his application of John Stuart Mill's form of Utilitarianism to aesthetics, arguing that beauty is defined as promoting pleasure (especially the higher pleasures of the mind), and for his criticism of the Sharifistani government.
Early life
Born in 1940, the son of an engineer and his wife, in the City of Industry, he grew up with intellectual curiousity and sensitivity to situations he percieved as unfair. He attended Sultan Mehmed Grammar School where he excelled in most subjects especially Philosophy. His grandfather had fought in the First World War and achieved a battefield commission for bravery.
Education
After graduating Sultan Mehmed Grammar School with 4 A-Levels (Philosophy, Politics, Economics and History) in 1958, he attended the University of Manchester, recieving a Bachelor of Arts in Philosphy and Politics in 1961. He achieved a PHD in 1965 writing an essay on the ethics of the Sharifistani conscription system. During this time he also wrote a newspaper article praising the abolition of the death penalty in the United Kingdom.
Academic career
After a year of conscription (which he served as a gunner in the Royal Air Cavalry), he worked at the University College London for two years, later working at Madinat Al-Islam University due to wanting to teach at an institution that did not charge tuitition fees (in Sharifistan University education is paid for by the government), he taught Muhammad Ali Aslan (a famous lawyer) and Ahmed Khalid Pathan (a famous politician).
alleged government surveilance
He reports many times people (whom he believes to Directorate of Military Intelligence (Sharifistan) officers or undercover police) followed him to and from lectures. The driver of a police car also wound the windows down and shouted "traitor!" at him. During a lecture in Free Svenden he said “I am being persecuted for the radical idea that the government should make the majority of people happy.”