Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Ethics: “Ethical” or “Moral” Thought and Decision Making

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Abstract
• 1. Etymology and Definition
• 1.1. Etymology of “ethics”
• 1.2. Definition of “ethics”
• 2. Evolutionary Biology
• 3. Brain physiology
• 4. Psychology of ethical behavior
• 4.1. Conflict resolution
• 4.2. Focus, activism, and obsession
• 4.3. Natural behavior, historic development, and retarding aspects in ethics
• 4.4. Ethics in organizations
• 5. Philosophy
• 5.1. The historic roots of ethical thought
• 5.2. The structure of ethical inquiry
• 5.3. The development of ethical thought in history
• 5.4. Ethics and larger issues of society and nature
• 6. Religion
• 6.1. Historic evolution of ethics in religion
• 6.2. The remaining share of ethics in religion
• 6.3. Basic structures in religious ethics
• 6.4. New areas of ethical concerns
• 6.5. Some fundamental concerns
• 7. What are the ethical standards of our times, descriptively and prescriptively? Priorities?
• 8. Can ethical behavior be influenced, taught, or enforced? What action should be taken?
• 9. Personal conclusions
• Limits to ethical behavior
• True problems with ethics in this world
• Personal comments