Muslim Ethics
Subtitle: Emerging Vistas
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: July 8, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781845117160
Subjects: Ethics & moral philosophy; Islamic studies; Religion / Islam / History; Islam - General; Religion; Religion - World Religions
First sentence: In asserting that an act is authentically moral only in terms of the intention that accompanies it - unsullied by self-interest or 'mock virtues' - the Muslim philosopher Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201-74) anticipated Kant by over five centuries.