A companion to Muslim ethics /

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Imprint:London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; London : in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2010.
Description:xv, 204 pages, [8] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Muslim heritage series ; 2
Muslim heritage series ; 2.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10466649
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Other authors / contributors:Sajoo, Amyn B.
Institute of Ismaili Studies.
ISBN:9781848855953
1848855958
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Socrates famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living. In keeping with this dictum, taking ethics seriously means engaging with the real world where the human sense of right and wrong is daily tested. At their best, all faith traditions are challenged by such testing; and if faith-inspired ethics are thought to govern the whole of life, their guiding values need constantly to be interpreted by the believer to achieve a practical result. In the Muslim tradition, this is what the Qur'an really amounts to: a call to strive for belief with a social conscience. For fourteen centuries, Muslim scholars have grappled with the implications of that call in matters of law, social practice and theology. And in our own time, the quests for civil society and the rule of law have much to do with the response given to these ethical questions. A Companion to Muslim Ethics explores Islam's core conception of the good, shared with other great traditions. Leading experts examine issues such as gender equality, nonviolence, dispute resolution, the environment, health, and finance. The volume will appeal to all those interested in how reason, faith, and circumstance shape difficult moral choices in an increasingly globalized world.
Other form:Online version: Companion to Muslim ethics. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; London : In association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2010
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I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies

Socrates famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living. In keeping with this dictum, taking ethics seriously means engaging with the real world where the human sense of right and wrong is daily tested. At their best, all faith traditions are challenged by such testing; and if faith-inspired ethics are thought to goven the whole of life, their guiding values need constantly to be interpreted by the believer to achieve a practical result. In the Muslim tradition, this is what the Qur'an really amounts to: a call to strive for belief with a social conscience. For fourteen centuries Muslim scholars have grappled with the implications of that call in matters of law, social practice and theology. And in our own time, the quests for civil society and the rule of law have much to do with the response given to these ethical questions. 'A Companion to Muslim Ethics' explores Islam's core conception of the good, shared with other great traditions. Leading experts examine issues such as gender equality, nonviolence, dispute resolution, the environment, health and finance.
The volume will appeal to all those interested in how reason, faith and circumstance shape difficult moral choices in an increasingly globalised world.

Physical Description:xv, 204 pages, [8] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781848855953
1848855958