Islamic Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

by Tariq Ramadan

The concept of "ethics" involves the choice between what is "right" and what is "wrong", but no exact equivalent of the word "ethics" exists in the Arabic language. Instead, the Arabic terms used to describe ethics cover a whole range of complimentary teachings with regard to concepts such asdignity, justice, and equality, about which Islamic legal scholars, thinkers and mystics have by no means always agreed.In this Very Short Introduction Tariq...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199589321
• ISBN13: 9780199589326
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages