Introduction to Islamic ethics according to Tariq Ramadan

In both Sunni and Shi'ite traditions, what are the principles and values of ethics on the theoretical and practical levels?
This essay presents the sources and the different fields of study of ethics in the fields of law, theology, philosophy and mysticism (Sufism).
It addresses the dialogue and collaboration between civilizations, religions and spiritualities in our world. Ethics are examined there with practical cases in the fields of medicine, psychology, the environment, the economy, etc.
This book talks about Man, the purposes of religious, philosophical, mystical and professional questions in a rigorous, documented, accessible way and directly linked to the challenges of our time.

What are good and evil, lawful and unlawful? How to determine “good behavior” and a sense of virtue? Just as in Western thought, ethical concern is central in the Islamic tradition. To understand what this notion covers, it is important to delve into the history of Muslim thought. A perspective that makes it possible to link the question of values and morality to legal (fiqh), mystical (Sufism) and philosophical (kal m) reflections. Which determine the “good” and the “bad” at the heart of the Islam, and how? Should we refer primarily to scriptural sources (Koran and prophetic traditions)? Has reason nothing to add? How do Islamic ethics apply in the fields of medicine, economics, environment, psychology, education, arts? And how can it be linked to other religious and philosophical traditions? At the crossroads of law, faith and science, this work of synthesis opens a clear and rigorous way of access to the essence of the debates that gave substance to ethics. Islamic.

Tariq Ramadan was born in 1962 in Geneva. Professor of contemporary Islamic studies at the University of Oxford and director of the Center for Research on Islamic Legislation and Ethics, he has been engaged for more than twenty-five years in theological and philosophical reflection on the place of Islam in the West and in the world. He is the author, at Archipoche, of Muhammad, life of the Prophet (2008), My intimate conviction (2011), Islam, radical reform (2015), Of Islam and Muslims (2016), as well as a book of interviews with Edgar Morin, At the risk of ideas (Archipoche, 2015).