The teleological ethics of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi / / by Ayman Shihadeh

• Autore: Shihadeh Ayman
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.5
• Soggetto topico: Islamic ethics; Islamic philosophy
• Note generali: Based on the author's doctoral thesis--Oxford University, 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Al-Rāzī's theory of action -- Al-Rāzī on the ethics of action -- Al-Rāzī's perfectionist theory of virtue -- Al-Rāzī's later pessimism: commentary on Risālat Dhamm al-ladhdhāt -- Appendix: Risālat Dhamm ladhdhāt al-dunyā.
• Sommario/riassunto: Using the most extensive collection hitherto of his published and unpublished writings, this volume provides a comprehensive, in-depth and interdisciplinary study of the ethical philosophy of al-Rāzī (1149-1210), a most outstanding and influential medieval philosopher-theologian. A complex picture emerges, across his philosophical, theological, ethical and juristic works, of a consistent and multi-layered ethical theory. Al-Rāzī departs from classical Ash'arī divine command ethics to develop both a consequentialist ethics of action, which seriously rivals Mu'tazili deontological ethics, and a perfectionist ethics of character. Within the latter framework, he sets out his later, teleological theory of prophecy. The volume includes the text, published for the first time, of one of al-Rāzī's latest and most fascinating works, Censure of the Pleasures of This World , which expresses pronounced moral and epistemological pessimism.
• Titolo autorizzato: Teleological ethics of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
• ISBN: 1-281-39899-3; 9786611398996; 90-474-0900-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828200303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; ; v. 64.