Philosophical Reflections on the Relation of Law and Ethics in Shi‘i Islam

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Philosophical Reflections on the Relation of Law and Ethics in Shi‘i Islam

Muhammad Legenhausen
Category: Philosophy, Sociology, and Politics

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The relationship between Islamic law and ethics is one aspect of the broader relationship between religion and philosophy. This text is a brief introduction to this topic as well as a review of several positions that classical and contemporary Muslim scholars have taken on it over the course of a millennium across the Islamic world.

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Date added: 4/27/2026

Last updated: 8/27/2026