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Coercion and responsibility in Islam : a study in ethics and law

By Syed , Mairaj U

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
0198788770, 978-0-19-878877-5, 9780191093081, 0191093084, 9780191830846, 0191830844
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2060194 bytes)
Series
Oxford Islamic legal studies
Edition
1
Pages
275\289
Time added
2017-04-22 03:00:00
Duress (Islamic law);Islam and justice;LAW;Essays;

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An examination of how Muslim scholars from four schools of law and theology debate the ethical issues that coercion generates when considering a person's moral agency and responsibility in cases of speech acts, rape, and murder. It proposes a new model for analysing ethical thought and compares Islamic with Western thought on the same cases. Abstract: An examination of how Muslim scholars from four schools of law and theology debate the ethical issues that coercion generates when considering a person's moral agency and responsibility in cases of speech acts, rape, and murder. It proposes a new model for analyzing ethical thought and compares Islamic with Western thought on the same cases. Read more...

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