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Islamic ethics and the trusteeship paradigm : Taha Abderrahmane's philosophy in comparative perspectives = al-Akhlāq al-Islāmīyah wa-nasaq al-iʼtimānīyah : muqārabāt fī falsafat Ṭāhā ʻAbd al-Raḥmān

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Islamic Ethics and the Trusteeship Paradigm explores the emerging ethical theory examines the development of this modern Islamic theory of the trusteeship paradigm as developed by the Moroccan philosopher Taha Abderrahmane (b. 1944). The volume, with contributions in English and Arabic, examines the development of this modern Islamic theory of ethics and how it permeates various disciplines: philosophy, theology, legal theory, Sufism, moral theory, sociology and anthropology, communication, environment and biomedical ethics. The trusteeship paradigm aims to make ethics the compass of human thinking and action in order to overcome the predicaments humanity faces and realize a more just and balanced world. This makes of it one of the principal and profound ethical theories in Islamic scholarship that engages both classical and modern thought. Readership: All interested in Islamic studies, Islamic thought, Arab-Islamic philosophy, contemporary Arab thought, Islamic theology, Islamic jurisprudence and legal theory, sharīʿa and ethics, moral philosophy, comparative philosophy, and the history of ideas.

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Series Title

Studies in Islamic Ethics, 3

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297.5092 ISL i

Publisher

Leiden and Boston : Brill., 2021

Collation

XVII, 364 p.

Language

English

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9789004438354

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297.5092

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Islamic ethics
Philosophy, Arab
Religion and ethics
ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, Ṭāhā

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