Open AccessEthics from an Islamic Perspective
Author(s) -
Abdullahi Hassan Zaroug
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v16i3.2102
Subject(s) - islam , scope (computer science) , morality , perspective (graphical) , autonomy , field (mathematics) , engineering ethics , subject (documents) , sociology , epistemology , social science , political science , law , philosophy , engineering , computer science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , theology , library science , pure mathematics , programming language
The purpose of this article is to show the complexity of the field ofethics and to point to the need for a comprehensive study in the disciplineof Islamic ethics. It makes a preliminary attempt at tackling foundationalissues on the subject, such as the possibility of morality; itsimportance. autonomy, nature, and scope; and the possibility of historicalstudies. It also reviews some contemporary works on Islamicethics, especially the methods they used to study Islamic ethics, in orderto show their points of strength and vulnembility. Finally, it gives abrief account of the contributions of the different Muslim schools ofthought to ethics and recommends cerrain topics for further study.