Yansıtıcı Yaşamın Symblime Etiklerdeki Etkisi

Yıl 2010, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 5, 1 - 9, 01.06.2010

Valiollah Khoshtınat

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THE INFLUENCE of REFLECTIVE LIFE in THE SYBLIME ETHICS

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This study, to begin with, examines the natural and reflective life, makes a distinction between them and sets a demarcation between natural and reflective ethics. Second, it sets out to investigate how reflective life affects sublime ethics which goes beyond natural life. Here it is believed that a perfect familiarity with key terms can play a crucial role in the way the whole study will be realized. Hence, a reference will be made to the purpose and significance of the study and a detailed definition of important terms provided. Here, life has been defined literally as the state of living whereas technically speaking the reality of life, like the reality of existence, is far from being uncovered. In fact different scholars and philosophers have unfolded it differently. However what is evident is that human beings enjoy two kinds of life: one is the natural and deterministic life which is identical to animal life, and the other is the reflective life which, once acquired, contributes to the formation of human personality and helps him enter the sublime objective of life. This objective is but joining the flow of life which is in turn dependent on sublime perfection. Two types of ethics can be conceived of for human beings: natural deterministic ethics and sublime ethics the latter one being possible only in reflective life. It is to be aware of human–making necessities and merits. This awareness is intended to prepare him to continue his way of being greatly interested in perfection and contrasting the action, saying, intention, thoughts, and being determined towards those necessities and merits. Through making integration between reflective life and sublime ethics, this research is intending to pave the way for ethical development and flourishing targeted by Islam. And to the writer, this is what distinguishes the present research from the previous ones

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Reflective life, Human Being, Ethics, Sublime Ethics