Ludwig Wittgenstein was once asked, “What is your aim in philosophy?” His answer: “To show the fly the way out of the fly bottle.” The goal is not to provide more rules or better solutions, but to offer the kind of clarity that dissolves confusion, not by adding information, but by seeing the problem from a new angle.

Philosophical clarity is not stored in a drawer full of pre-made answers. It arises when we begin to question the foundation of what we initially perceive as a problem. Many ethical dilemmas — especially in therapeutic work or daily life — are not problems to be solved, but misunderstandings to be seen through. As with the fly, the way out is often the same in — but we must pause, turn, and shift our view to see it.

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