Moral Imagination and the Search for Meaning: The Art of Being Human

This book explores what it means to live an emotionally engaged and morally responsive life in a world increasingly governed by productivity, fragmentation, and emotional detachment.Drawing from a rich interdisciplinary background-including sociology, philosophy, moral psychology, feminist theory, and lived experience-the book offers a lyrical yet analytically rigorous meditation on empathy, recognition, and the fragile practice of democracy. Structured as a blend of essay, accessible theory, and poetic reflection, the book argues that empathy is not mere sentimentality, but a vital cornerstone of ethical action and collective life.It seeks to revive the moral imagination-our shared capacity to see, feel, and respond to the vulnerability of others-by grounding political and social thought in emotional and relational awareness. The book engages both classical and contemporary thinkers such as Arendt, Habermas, Weil, Honneth, Bauman, and Irigaray, while developing a distinct voice that b