Abū Bakr al-Rāzī’s ethical decision-making systems

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ID21597705
AuthorsMohammad Mehdi Montaseri (0000-0001-8991-5300, University of Tehran, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume32
Issue6
Pages1254-1281
Publication date2024-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0960-8788 • E-ISSN: 1469-3526
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09608788.2024.2316784
OpenAlexW4394912458
LanguageEN
References cited19

Ethics plays an essential role in the philosophical framework of Abū Bakr al-Rāzī. Although most of his philosophical works have become extinct, two surviving works serve as primary sources for understanding his ethical theory. Although sharing certain foundational principles, these two works diverge in terms of ethical standards and exhibit distinct logical approaches to ethics, a facet that has largely remained unexplored within contemporary scholarly discourse. I aim to extract and reconstruct both of his ethical decision-making systems by shedding light on the place of ethics in his philosophy, explaining the interconnection of the two ethical frameworks, reconstructing both of these ethical systems, and finally presenting them in patterns

Epistemology · Islamic Studies and History · Islamic Thought and Society Studies · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy

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