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Virtue and the Common Good
Hermeneutic Foundations of aÅ¡-Å Äá¹ibÄ«'s Ethical Philosophy
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Virtue and the Common Good: Hermeneutic Foundations of aÅ¡-Å Äá¹ibÄ«'s Ethical Philosophy arose as a response to the urgent need for epistemological research on the hermeneutic foundations of Islamic ethical and moral theory that has resulted from the current period of upheaval in Islamic theology. Choosing a late-medieval work of legal theory, namely, AbuÌ IshÌ£Äq IbrÄhÄ«m ibn MuÌsÄ aÅ¡-Å Äá¹ibÄ«'s (d. 790/1388) al-MuwÄfaqÄt, as the point of departure, locates this study's discussion methodologically and theoretically in the genealogical process of re-reading and reconstructing Islamic thinking in modernity from the perspectives of contemporary philosophy of ethics. Thus, profoundly reflecting on modern understanding and interpretation of fundamental theological concepts in the Islamic legal- and moral theory becomes unavoidable.
Mohammed Nekroumi, Ph.D. (1996, University of Aix-en-Provence), is the Chair for Text Analysis and Jurisprudence at DIRS, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg. He has published monographs and many articles on discourse analysis and Islamic jurisprudence, including Understanding and Believing: A Comparative View of Theological Scriptural Hermeneutics (EB-Verlag, 2020).
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Object of Study and Basic Epistemological Questions
â1.1âObject of Study
â1.2âBasic Epistemological Questions
â1.3âThe Question of Methodology
2 Basic Questions Regarding the Rational Justifiability of the Å¡ariÌÊ¿â aâs Moral Theology
â2.1âRevelationâs Intention as the Seat of Moral Dutyâs Justification
â2.2âMaqÄá¹£idâs Moral Justification in Light of Theological Hermeneutics
3 Maá¹£laḥa as the âCornerstoneâ of Ethical Orientation
â3.1âPreliminary Remarks: Maá¹£laḥa â A Historical Overview
â3.2âEthical Orientation in the Relationship between Duty and Responsibility
â3.3âCaught between Rational Theology and Legal Theory
4 Ethical Orientation as Identity Building
â4.1âThe Ethics of Responsibility as the Basis for Determining Religious Identity
â4.2âDefining the Relationships between Basic Objectives of the Å¡ariÌÊ¿â a
â4.3âFrom the Protection of the Soul to the Social Responsibility of the Self
â4.4âClosing Observations
5 Al-AḥkÄm at-taklÄ«fiyya â Basic Questions of MaqÄá¹£idâs Morality of Obligations
â5.1âGuiding Epistemological Interest
â5.2âAÅ¡-Å Äá¹ibÄ«âs Theological Moral Normativity (aḥkÄm Å¡arÊ¿iyya) in the Context of Divine Ideals of the Common Good
â5.3âLocating the Permitted within Obligational Norms
6 Al-AḥkÄm al-waá¸Ê¿iyya as the Constitutive Rules of Moral Action
â6.1âEthically Relevant Internal Rules of Religious Practice
â6.2âThe Relationship between Occasion and Result in the Formation of an Ethical Judgment (asbÄb vs. musabbabÄt)
â6.3âThe Hermeneutics of Action in the Context of Teleological-Ethical Judgment: On Cause and Effect
â6.4âPerspectives and Prospects: AḥkÄm and the Modern Concept of Justice
7 Closing Remarks and Prospects
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
1 Object of Study and Basic Epistemological Questions
â1.1âObject of Study
â1.2âBasic Epistemological Questions
â1.3âThe Question of Methodology
2 Basic Questions Regarding the Rational Justifiability of the Å¡ariÌÊ¿â aâs Moral Theology
â2.1âRevelationâs Intention as the Seat of Moral Dutyâs Justification
â2.2âMaqÄá¹£idâs Moral Justification in Light of Theological Hermeneutics
3 Maá¹£laḥa as the âCornerstoneâ of Ethical Orientation
â3.1âPreliminary Remarks: Maá¹£laḥa â A Historical Overview
â3.2âEthical Orientation in the Relationship between Duty and Responsibility
â3.3âCaught between Rational Theology and Legal Theory
4 Ethical Orientation as Identity Building
â4.1âThe Ethics of Responsibility as the Basis for Determining Religious Identity
â4.2âDefining the Relationships between Basic Objectives of the Å¡ariÌÊ¿â a
â4.3âFrom the Protection of the Soul to the Social Responsibility of the Self
â4.4âClosing Observations
5 Al-AḥkÄm at-taklÄ«fiyya â Basic Questions of MaqÄá¹£idâs Morality of Obligations
â5.1âGuiding Epistemological Interest
â5.2âAÅ¡-Å Äá¹ibÄ«âs Theological Moral Normativity (aḥkÄm Å¡arÊ¿iyya) in the Context of Divine Ideals of the Common Good
â5.3âLocating the Permitted within Obligational Norms
6 Al-AḥkÄm al-waá¸Ê¿iyya as the Constitutive Rules of Moral Action
â6.1âEthically Relevant Internal Rules of Religious Practice
â6.2âThe Relationship between Occasion and Result in the Formation of an Ethical Judgment (asbÄb vs. musabbabÄt)
â6.3âThe Hermeneutics of Action in the Context of Teleological-Ethical Judgment: On Cause and Effect
â6.4âPerspectives and Prospects: AḥkÄm and the Modern Concept of Justice
7 Closing Remarks and Prospects
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Islamic scholars, theologians, Ethics researchers, Islamic Medical Ethics research, research on Islamic identity, all research groups that focus on the principles of Islamic Ethics and Qurâanic Ethics; Islamic law