Islamic Ethics and the Trusteeship Paradigm explores the emerging ethical 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.
Contributors: Mutaz al-Khatib, Mostafa Amakdouf, Mohamed Amine Brahimi, Assia Chekireb, Abdelmounim Choqairi, Issam Eido, Hicham El Makki, Amin El-Yousfi, Adil Et-Tahiri, Ramon Harvey, Mohammed Hashas, Eva Kepplinger, Mohamed Ourya, Harald Viersen.
Mohammed Hashas (PhD 2013) is Senior Research Fellow at FSCIRE-La Pira Center for Islamic History and Doctrines in Palermo. He is also affiliated to the Luiss University in Rome. His publications include The Idea of European Islam (2019), and Imams in Western Europe (ed. 2018).
Mutaz al-Khatib (PhD 2009) is Associate Professor of Methodology and Ethics at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Doha, Qatar. His publications include Radd al-ḤadÄ«th min Jihat al-Matn (2011), al-Ê¿Unf al-MustabÄḥ (2017), QabÅ«l al-ḤadÄ«th (2017).
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.