Ethics from an Islamic Perspective
The purpose of this article is to show the complexity of the field of ethics and to point to the need for a comprehensive study in the discipline of Islamic ethics. It makes a preliminary attempt at tackling foundational issues on the subject, such as the possibility of morality; its importance. au...
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International Institute of Islamic Thought
1999
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| Résumé: | The purpose of this article is to show the complexity of the field of
ethics and to point to the need for a comprehensive study in the discipline
of Islamic ethics. It makes a preliminary attempt at tackling foundational
issues on the subject, such as the possibility of morality; its
importance. autonomy, nature, and scope; and the possibility of historical
studies. It also reviews some contemporary works on Islamic
ethics, especially the methods they used to study Islamic ethics, in order
to show their points of strength and vulnembility. Finally, it gives a
brief account of the contributions of the different Muslim schools of
thought to ethics and recommends cerrain topics for further study.
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