CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND HUMAN NEEDS THEORIES FROM AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE

Yıl 2019, Cilt: 11 Sayı: 20, 317 - 325, 29.05.2019

Melih Sever

https://doi.org/10.20990/kilisiibfakademik.452703

Öz

This paper asserts that universalisation of
human needs and quality of life requirements fail to serve to enhance the lives
of millions in third world countries and also asserts the idea that what people
need and want can be determined by those who are in need least. An Islamic
perspective of wellbeing theories in the light of Islam’s fundamental resources
are discussed throughout the paper which states that basic needs should be
first met and even distribution of wealth before gross domestic product per
capita should be established across globe. In this sense, it has been argued
that the even distribution of resources and basic human needs, such as housing,
food and safety, may change under certain conditions for the sake of people's
beliefs and cultural values, and it is emphasized that it is almost impossible
to consider these concepts to be independent of values and beliefs.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Wellbeing, Islam, Human Needs, Quality of Life

Kaynakça

• Abdel Haleem, M. A. S. (2004) The Quran, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Belcher, J., Fandetti, D. and Cole, D. (2004). Is Christian Religious Conservatism Compatible with the Liberal Welfare State, Social Work, 49 (2): 269-276.
• Dean, H. And Khan Z. (1997) 'Muslim Perspectives on Welfare', Journal of Social Policy, 26 (2): 193-209.
• Devine, J., Camfield, L., and Gough, I. (2006) 'Autonomy or Dependence or Both? Perspectives from Bangladesh', Wed Working Papers, ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries, Paper 13.
• Diener, E. and Suh, E. (2000), Culture and Subjective Well-Being, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Donnely, J. (1984). Cultural Relativism and Universal Human Rights, Human Rights Quarterly, 6, (4): 400-419.
• Doyal L. and Gough, I. (1984) A Theory of Human Need, Critical Social Policy, 4: 6-38.
• Doyal L. and Gough I. (1991). A Theory of Human Need, London: Macmillan.
• Fahey, T. (1998). The Catholic Church and Social Policy, The Furrow, 49 (4): 202-209.
• Haddad, Y. Y., & Esposito, J. L. (Eds.). (1997). Islam, gender, and social change. Oxford University Press.
• Gough, I. (2003) 'Lists and Thresholds: Comparing the Doyal-Gough Theory of Human Need with Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach', Wed Working Papers, ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries, Paper 01.
• Gough, I. (2004) 'Human Well-Being and Social Structures: Relating the Universal and the Local', Global Social Policy, 4: 289- 311.Heyneman, S. P. (Ed.). (2004). Islam and social policy. Vanderbilt University Press.
• Hiers, R. (2002). Biblical Social Welfare Legislation: Protected Classes and Provisions for Persons in Need, Journal of Law and Religion, 17 (1/2): 49-96.
• Howson, A. (2009). Cultural Relativism, EBSCO Research Starters, EBSCO Publishing.
• James, W. (1905). The Essence of Humanism, The Journal of Philosophy, 2 (5): 113-118. Jawad, R., & Yakut‐Cakar, B. (2010). Religion and Social Policy in the Middle East: The (Re) Constitution of an Old‐New Partnership. Social Policy & Administration, 44(6), 658-672.
• Lavers, T. (2007) 'Asking People What They Want or Telling Them What They 'Need'? Contrasting A Theory of Human Need with Local Expressions of Goals', Wed Working Papers, ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries, Paper 28.
• Midgley, J. (1990). New Christian Right, Social Policy and the Welfare State, The Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 17 (2): 89-106.
• Phillips, D. (2006). Quality of Life: Concept, Policy and Practice, Oxon: Routledge.
• Poe, M. A. (2008). Good News For the Poor: Christian Influences on Social Welfare, in Christianity and Social Work: Readings on the Integration of Christian Faith and Social Work Practice, Botsford, CT: North American Association of Christians in Social Work.
• Ridzi, F., Loveland, M. T. and Glennon, F. (2008). Catholics and the Welfare State: How thePreferential Option for the Poor Relates to Preferences for Government Policy, Journal of Catholic Social Thought, 5 (1): 45-63.
• Rieger, E and Leibfried, S. (2003) Limits to Globalisation, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
• Sen, A. (1999) Commodities and Capabilities, New Delhi: Oxford.
• Smith, K. and Lee, J. H. (2012) Christian Ethics and Social Policy, USA: Xulon Press.
• Tiliouine, H. and Estes, R. (2016). The State of Social Progress of Islamic Societies, Springer.
• World Bank, (1998) The Initiative on Defining, Monitoring and Measuring Social Capital: Overview and Program Description, New York: World Bank..