:: Volume 15, Issue 57 (autumn 2022) ::
پژوهشنامه اخلاق 2022, 15(57): 27-48 Back to browse issues page
A Moral Analysis of the Conflict between Justice and Goodness from the Standpoint of Imam Ali
Roohollah Shaker Zaardehi , Mohammadsadegh Ardalan
PhD student of Islamic Studies, Quran and Islamic Texts, University of Islamic Studie
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There has been a long-lasting problem in ethics: how can one think of justice and goodness as consistent? Imam Ali also explores the connection between them. Whereas he defined justice as “putting things in their places” or “giving everyone his own right”, he referred to the common good as “what is achieved by justice” to show that the common good depends on justice. On the other hand, there are a variety of moral obstacles in the path of promoting social justice. Using a descriptive-analytic method, this study seeks to explore ways of connecting justice and the common good from Imam Ali's moral standpoint. As a result of the research, it was found that the Islamic lifestyle and ethics are constituted by justice, and that social life is impossible without it. Moreover, when conflict arises between them, justice overrides goodness.
Keywords: Justice, moral obstacles of justice, moral goodness, Imam Ali, conflict between justice and goodness
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Type of Study: بنیادی | Subject: ethics
Received: 2022/09/1 | Accepted: 2023/01/2 | Published: 2023/06/11


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