Seyyed Hussein Nasr: ethics and moral education. A religious perspective.

  • Ahmad Lak Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Saied Beheshti Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Seyyed Kazem Akrami
  • Mohsen Imani.
Keywords: Seyyed Hussein Nasr, Ethics, moral Education, virtue ethics, foundations.

Abstract

This research is focused on the views of Seyyed Hussein Nasr on the foundations of ethics and principles of moral education. In fact, the ethical debates were underway as old as man. Nasr is one of the few thinkers who consider the characteristics of a person as determinants of the normalization of behavior, and in the discussion of morality, he is more concerned with Aristotle's contemplative virtue ethics. This study used a Qualitative and conceptual analysis and inference method. Findings: in Nasr's view, ethics is the way to perfection of the human soul from the imperfect to the full stages of it. The foundations of ethics: ontological, epistemological and anthropological domains and the principles of moral education covers 13 principles.

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Published
2019-10-01