Contrasting Normative Ideals: Islamic Versus Enlightenment Rationality
Channel: Asad Zaman
Date: 2023-03-10

{writeup bit.ly/AZnaie1 } This is a brief intro to the methodological ideas behind the first lecture of a free ongoing online course on A New Approach to Islamic Economics (bit.ly/na2ie). Modern Economics espouses the normative ideals of Enlightenment Rationality, and also asserts, falsely, that these describe actual human behavior. Islam offers us a much better set of normative ideals to aspire to, and an Islamlic economic theory can be built on a much deeper understanding of human beings. The writeup provides access to the complete lecture 1, on Gratitude, Contentment, and Trust.