Mahdi Misaghinezhad; mahdi najafiafra; Mohammad Akvan
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One of the important viewpoints in philosophy, especially in moral philosophy, is “relativism”. The critical and rational examination of relativism can lead to the right moral decisions and, accordingly, the right action in different circumstances. Richard Mervyn Hare is one of the prominent ...
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One of the important viewpoints in philosophy, especially in moral philosophy, is “relativism”. The critical and rational examination of relativism can lead to the right moral decisions and, accordingly, the right action in different circumstances. Richard Mervyn Hare is one of the prominent moral philosophers, who in his moral philosophy, speaking of relativism and realism, has expressed the criteria for the relativity of moral judgments. By using the rule of “generalizability”, he has tried to justify the moral judgments. Also, considering the role of practicing in using the moral principles according to the circumstances, he has tried to lead the moral agent to a skill that leads to the right moral action. Besides, in explaining his moral theory, Hare considers knowing the circumstances and teaching the moral principles as effective in making moral judgments, and finally, he links the foundations of his viewpoint to intuitive and critical thinking in order to strengthen it and to make it coherent. In this paper, we have tried to examine Hare’s viewpoint about relativism from a theoretical perspective.
Saeideh Azimi terambanian; mohammad ali khabari; mohammad reza sharifzadeh
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The concept of ethics, as one of the key and simultaneously most challenging issues in the realm of human teachings, has always been the subject of attention and investigation. Examining ethical principles and rules and developing multiple theories in this field, in order to find the best model of life, ...
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The concept of ethics, as one of the key and simultaneously most challenging issues in the realm of human teachings, has always been the subject of attention and investigation. Examining ethical principles and rules and developing multiple theories in this field, in order to find the best model of life, is considered one of the most important man’s intellectual endeavors. The present study explores Ludwig Wittgenstein's views in the field of ethics, considering his existential approach, and provides a fresh interpretation of the path to the attainment of a meaningful life in the realm of ethics. Based on the analysis of the concept of bioethics in Wittgenstein's philosophy, it is specifically argued that an ethical and meaningful life, according to him, is based on the exercise of moral will and the solution of the puzzle of life, both of which require adopting a special perspective towards the world. In this perspective, the world is perceived in an eternal domain.
mohammad Zabihi
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Al-Farabi and Avicenna are among the greatest and most well-known Muslim peripatetic philosophers in philosophical and intellectual discussions. The intellectual foundations of the Peripatetic philosophical system in the Islamic world are based on the rational principles and philosophical thoughts of ...
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Al-Farabi and Avicenna are among the greatest and most well-known Muslim peripatetic philosophers in philosophical and intellectual discussions. The intellectual foundations of the Peripatetic philosophical system in the Islamic world are based on the rational principles and philosophical thoughts of these two great philosophers. The type of these philosophers' attitude toward practical wisdom has raised questions and doubts about this concern to that extent that some have wondered whether the search for practical wisdom was Avicenna's concern. Presenting and evaluating the views of al-Farabi and Avicenna about practical wisdom, the present paper attempts to show that Avicenna, in addition to sharing the same view of basic principles of practical wisdom with al-Farabi, also considers the doctrine of Saint Legislator as the source of the three branches of ethics, home economics and politics; and the difference between Avicenna's and al-Farabi's viewpoints about practical wisdom stems from the fact that the former considers moral propositions to be among the generally accepted and well-known opinions, while the latter considers moral propositions to be rational and proof-based one.
Hussein Niazbakhsh; Asghar Vaezi
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The connection between ethics and metaphysics has always been an important problem in Neoplatonism. This question is also raised in the philosophy of Ibn Gabirol (the Jewish Neo-Platonist philosopher). Ibn Gabirol tries to connect ethics and metaphysics by the concept of ‘desire’. For him, ...
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The connection between ethics and metaphysics has always been an important problem in Neoplatonism. This question is also raised in the philosophy of Ibn Gabirol (the Jewish Neo-Platonist philosopher). Ibn Gabirol tries to connect ethics and metaphysics by the concept of ‘desire’. For him, the world consists of two movements: procession and reversion, i.e. the transformation of unity into multiplicity and the return of multiplicity into unity. Desire is both the cause of procession and the cause of reversion. “Human being” is the level from which the reversion begins. For this reason, he must turn “descending desire” (procession) into “ascending desire” (reversion). It is ethics that helps an individual, in his movement towards happiness, to make the ascending desire dominate the descending desire, that is, the ‘the pure indeterminate’ or ‘First unity’. But how can ethics do it? Ethics leads man towards his ascending desire through adjusting the natural dispositions. Man, because of his animal soul and his descending desire, confuses the determined things for the pure indeterminate as the object of his happiness. This causes the soul to go out of balance and tends to move toward multiple natural dispositions. These natural dispositions themselves cause a person to move further away from happiness. Ethics puts a person on the path of happiness through balancing natural dispositions.
Mohammad Hossein Ansari Cheshmaeh; Rahim Dehghan; Ebrahim Nouee
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In the field of ethics, the theories of natural law and the inherent good and evil are sometimes considered the same. The reason is that the theory of natural law has not been clearly defined and no attempt has been made to identify he differences between the two theories. According to the findings of ...
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In the field of ethics, the theories of natural law and the inherent good and evil are sometimes considered the same. The reason is that the theory of natural law has not been clearly defined and no attempt has been made to identify he differences between the two theories. According to the findings of the present study, there are six key differences between the two: (1) In the theory of natural law, contrary to the theory of intrinsic good and evil, recognition of values is a kind of reminder; (2) in the theory of natural law, ethics is based on human capacity, intrinsic needs and orientations; (3) In the theory of natural law, the origin of the propositions of practical reason goes back to fundamental goodness which is rooted in the natural needs and desires; (4) These two theories are formulated in two completely different intellectual traditions, one in the Aristotelian ethics and the other in the Islamic ideological theology; (5) The theory of natural law has more successful applications; (6) The interpretation of the theory of natural law is different from that of the theory of intrinsic good and evil. Relying on intrinsic goodness, the theory of intrinsic good and evil, seeks moral truths among facts outside human existence, such as the essence of action based on rational arguments, while the theory of natural law lays the foundation of moral laws in natural capacities of human existence. Adopting an analytical-descriptive method, the present paper tries to explain the differences between these two theories.
Haydar esmaeili; ali .fathollahi; allahyar rahmati
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One cannot ignore the importance of morality and its role in human happiness. It is because of its importance and the constructive role it plays in human life that both divine and materialistic schools of philosophy have some sort of moral style and philosophy of morality. The shared aspect of these ...
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One cannot ignore the importance of morality and its role in human happiness. It is because of its importance and the constructive role it plays in human life that both divine and materialistic schools of philosophy have some sort of moral style and philosophy of morality. The shared aspect of these schools of philosophy is that they consider ethics and the style of moral life as distinct and sometimes different from the spiritual and religious life. In some cases, the difference is so great that it has led to the separation of religion from morality, as is the case with Aristotelian ethics and Greek ethics as represented by western thinkers like _________________________ * Islamic Azad University Khorramabad Brach h_e1718@yahoo.com ** Islamic Azad University Khorramabad Brach ali.Fathollahi@yahoo.com *** Islamic Azad University Khorramabad Brach rahmati.allahyar@yahoo.com Reception date: 99/9/16 Acceptance date: 99/10/1 Kant and Machiavelli. As all divine religions share the same essence and are originated from the same source, and if they vary, the difference is due to the divine law which is subject to temporal and spatial conditions. Moreover, life style is consistent with the divine law and rules of divine religions and there is no morality without religion. These are the reasons why we decided to study the moral principles of the divine religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam). The outcomes of the study are very interesting as they evidence the closeness and alignment of moral precepts in all divine religions. It is hoped that other scholars would explore other ethical aspects of the Abrahamic religions. The present study adopted a descriptive analytical method using library resources.
Volume 14, Issue 1 , January 0
Fahime Shariati
Volume 19, Issue 4 , January 0, , Pages 63-80
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Study of free will in Avicenna,s Viewpoint according to the Lybet experiment and ethical results.
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In the philosophy of Avicenna the Imagination is the stage before the will. Then the Willingness and desire is created. After that ,the members will move. Unless the conditions are created, there ...
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Study of free will in Avicenna,s Viewpoint according to the Lybet experiment and ethical results.
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In the philosophy of Avicenna the Imagination is the stage before the will. Then the Willingness and desire is created. After that ,the members will move. Unless the conditions are created, there is no will .The external factors are the cause of the imagination. The study of In neurological tests will has led to a kind of determinism.The illusion of free will was the result of Benjamin Lybet's experiment.There are many criticisms of this hypothesis.
This article is looking for a comparative study between these two points.(Avicenna,s Comments and the Lybet,s experiment) .There is a relative correlation between the stages of creation of will. But the results about determinism are not like the same.
