Universität Wien

144033 SE+UE M3: Islamic Ethics (2023W)

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 05.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG
  • Thursday 12.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG
  • Thursday 19.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG
  • Thursday 09.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG
  • Thursday 16.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG
  • Thursday 23.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG
  • Thursday 30.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG
  • Thursday 07.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG
  • Thursday 14.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG
  • Thursday 11.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG
  • Thursday 18.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG
  • Thursday 25.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum i2/3 (islam) Schenkenstraße 8-10 EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Muslims are currently faced with ethical questions that they do not know from their own tradition and history. At the same time, Muslims living in Europe in particular have numerous ethical questions that arise from the emergence of modern technologies and the living conditions associated with them. In this seminar we will deal with various current ethical questions that are discussed in Islamic theology.
Thematic overview
Theological and philosophical ethics
Basic features of Islamic ethics
Animal ethics in Islam
Gender justice
Ethics and the Internet
Artificial Intelligence
Sexual ethics

Assessment and permitted materials

active participation/own contribution to the seminar
Preparation of weekly text reflections

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

active participation/own contribution to the seminar: 40%
Preparation of weekly text reflections: 60%

Examination topics

The texts we discuss in the seminar.

Reading list

Abou El Fadl, K. (2017). Qurʾanic Ethics and Islamic Law, Journal of Islamic Ethics, 1(1-2), 7-28. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/24685542-12340002
Abu-Zayd, N. (2013). The Status of Women Between the Qurʾan and Fiqh. In Z. Mir-Hosseini, K. Vogt, L. Larsen & C. Moe (Eds.). Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice and Ethics in the Islamic Legal Tradition (pp. 153–168). London: I.B.Tauris. Retrieved July 21, 2023, from http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9780755609277.ch-007
Atighetchi, D. (2009). Islamic bioethics: problems and perspectives. Dordrecht: Springer.
Eickelman, D. F. (2009). Islam and Ethical Pluralism. In The Many and the One (pp. 161-179). Princeton: Princeton University Press. doi: 10.1515/9781400825592.161
El Maaroufi (أسماء المعروفي), A.El Maaroufi, A. (2022). Towards an Ethic of Being-With. An Islamic-Phenomenological Perspective on Human-Animal Encounters, Journal of Islamic Ethics, 6(1), 81-93. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/24685542-12340078
Kızılkaya (نجم الدين كز يلكايا), N.Kızılkaya, N. (2021). They Cannot Be Left to the Brutality of a Cruel Group: An Ottoman Scholar’s Treatise on Dogs, Journal of Islamic Ethics, 6(1), 122-140. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/24685542-12340075
Klein, C. (2023). Maschinenlernen und Menschenhandeln. Zeitschrift Für Pädagogik Und Theologie, 75(2), 152–162. doi: 10.1515/zpt-2023-2004
Leins, S. (2010). Zur Ethik des islamischen Finanzmarktes. Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik, 11(1), 66.
Eich, Thoma, Moderne Medizin und islamische Ethik, Freiburg i.B. 2009
Hourani George F. , Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics , Cambridge 1985.
Lahbabi, Mohamed Aziz, Der Mensch: Zeuge Gottes, Freiburg i.B. 2009
Murphy Mark C. , God & Moral Law: On the Theistic Explanation of Morality . Oxford. 2011
Rahman Fazlur , Major Themes of the Qurʾan . Chicago 2009.
Sachedina Abdulaziz Abdulhussein , The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism, Oxford 2001.
Standop, Jutta, Werteerziehung. Weinheim-Basel: 2005.
Vishanoff, David R., ed. Islamic Law and Ethics. International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2020.


Association in the course directory

M3

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