Open AccessIslamic Ethics in Dialogue with Socrates, Jesus, and Confucius
Author(s) -
M. Ashraf Adeel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v34i1.871
Subject(s) - socrates , islam , morality , politics , philosophy , religious studies , environmental ethics , sociology , epistemology , political science , law , theology
This paper argues that Islamic ethics is a retaliatory ethics only atthe socio-political level. In personal morality, it resembles theethics of Socrates and Jesus of not returning wrong for wrong. Acomparison is also undertaken with Confucian ethics.
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