TY - BOOK AU - Hashas,Mohammed AU - al-Khatib,Mutaz TI - Islamic Ethics and the Trusteeship Paradigm: Taha Abderrahmane's Philosophy in Comparative Perspectives T2 - Studies in Islamic Ethics SN - 9789004438354 AV - D16.8 U1 - 901 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Leiden; , Boston PB - BRILL, KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Islamic Ethics and the Trusteeship Paradigm explores the emerging ethical theory of the trusteeship paradigm as developed by the Moroccan philosopher Taha Abderrahmane (b. 1944). The volume, with contributions in English and Arabic, examines the development of this modern Islamic theory of ethics and how it permeates various disciplines: philosophy, theology, legal theory, moral theory, sociology and anthropology, communication, environment and biomedical ethics. The trusteeship paradigm aims to make ethics the compass of human thinking and action in order to overcome the predicaments humanity faces and realize a more just and balanced world. This makes of it one of the principal and profound ethical theories in Islamic scholarship that engages both classical and modern thought UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004438354 ER -