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- Title
ANIMAL ETHICS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF ITS EXISTENCE: An Outline of the Theory of "Common Beliefs".
- Authors
Shiravand, Mohsen; Razi, Sepideh
- Abstract
Countless scientific efforts have been made for tackling the environmental crises and a relative success is achieved in awakening of different nations as regards the seriousness of the ever-increasing crisis. The current essay is also an effort in the same spirit. The goal of this essay is providing an outline of the Theory of "Common Beliefs". This essay proves that animals like humans have such common beliefs as monotheism, prophecy and resurrection. Moreover, due to the difficulty of the acceptance of this idea for the mainstream minds, the possibility of the existence of such a claim is demonstrated based on the philosophical principles of Mulla Sadra. The method used in this research is documented-analytical using library sources. The main source of this study is Holy Quran, the exegeses of Quran, Islamic traditions as well as the works of Sadra and his followers. Among the results of the present research are making this claim acceptable in view of the rational and philosophical principles, creation of a spiritual, peaceful and even humane sense in the domain of environment, establishment of an environmental law based on a generous interaction between the man and the animal and arrangement of the interreligious dialogues among the religiously grounded cultures.
- Subjects
QUR'AN; HUMAN-animal relationships; ENVIRONMENTAL ethics; ETHICS; ENVIRONMENTAL law; ENVIRONMENTAL responsibility; PROPHECY; MONOTHEISM
- Publication
Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, 2021, Vol 59, Issue 2, p423
- ISSN
0126-012X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14421/ajis.2021.592.423-448