Tusi’s Nasirean Ethics vs. Soroush’s Ethics of Gods
An Assessment from a Critical Rationalist Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24020099 |
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| Authors | Ali Paya (0000-0002-7922-3412, Islamic University College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2026-08-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/irn.2026.10170 |
| OpenAlex | W7172487524 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
While first-order ethical norms and prescriptions appear to be universal, the same is not true for second-order ethics and moral philosophies. The contrast between various models of second-order ethics can be usefully explored through a comparative assessment of the ethics of a pre-modern Muslim scholar with those of a modern one. In this article, I critically compare and contrast the views of Khawaja Nasir al-Din Tusi with those of Abdolkarim Soroush. 1 The former subscribes to a modified Aristotelian framework enriched by Islamic teachings, whereas the latter has developed a theory that, while also inspired by Islamic teachings, is informed by the views of a number of modern philosophers.
Contrast (vision) · Information ethics · Islam · Meta-ethics · Normative ethics · Perspective (graphical) · Islamic Studies and History · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Social Sciences and Humanities
| Highly cited | No |
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