Format:
1 online resource (xv, 282 pages).
ISBN:
978-0-511-57078-0
Content:
This volume collects the published essays of the late Professor Hourani on Islamic ethics in the earlier classical and formative periods of Islamic civilization. Ethics was from the start at the core of Islam, and the construction of philosophical theories to support normative ethics made those centuries among the most profound and intensely active in the history of ethical thought. The book opens with two general and contextual pieces and thereafter it is organized by schools of thought in a broadly chronological order. The essays centre around two related debates in Islamic philosophy: over the ontological status of value, and over the sources of our knowledge of value. The answers developed follow similar lines to the rational theology and philosophy of the West, and Professor Hourani brings out the frequent parallels. As a whole, the volume will introduce and establish the importance of the Islamic tradition of thought about ethics
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Islamic theology and Muslim philosophy
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Ethics in classical Islam: a conspectus
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Ethical presuppositions of the Qurʼān
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'Injuring oneself' in the Qurʼān, in the light of Aristotle
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Two theories of value in early Islam
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Islamic and non-Islamic origin of Muʻtazilite ethical rationalism
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The rationalist ethics of ʻAbd al-Jabbār
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Deliberation in Aristotle and ʻAbd al-Jabbār
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Ashʻarī
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Juwaynī's criticisms of Muʻtazilite ethics
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Ghazālī on the ethics of action
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Reason and revelation in Ibn Hazm's ethical thought
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The basis of authority of consensus in Sunnite Islam
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Ibn Sīnā's 'Essay on the secret of destiny'
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Averroes on good and evil
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Combinations of reason and tradition in Islamic ethics
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-03563-7
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-26712-0
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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Theology
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Philosophy
Keywords:
Islam
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Ethik
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Geschichte
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Islam
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Ethik
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511570780
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511570780
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