Muslim Ethics: Emerging Vistas
Publishing Details
Muslim Ethics: Emerging Vistas
By (Author) Amyn Sajoo
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
I.B. Tauris
30th November 2008
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Social groups: religious groups and communities
297.5
Physical Properties
184
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
263g
Description
This open access books looks at recent political and social events as well as advances in science and technology have posed challenges to the traditional Muslim discourse on ethics. In this book Amyn B. Sajoo examines these challenges and critically analyses the implications of emerging initiatives in political pluralism and civic culture as well as moves in bio-medicine and environmental conservation. He considers how the contours of public ethics in Islam may be redefined to provide shared conceptions of the good and the practically useful in pluralist societies.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Institute of Ismaili Studies LTD.
Author Bio
Amyn B. Sajoo is currently a Visiting Scholar at McGill University, he is also a regular commentator on public affairs in the news media on both sides of the Atlantic. He is the editor of Civil Society in the Muslim World: Contemporary Perspectives and author of Pluralism in Old Societies and New States.
