ISLAMIC ARCHIVESThe Question of Ethics: A Contribution to the Ethical Critique of Western ModernityṬāhā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

Published: 2000
Original title: سؤال الأخلاق: مساهمة في النقد الأخلاقي للحداثة الغربية
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY ISLAM AND MODERNITY 2000–today

The Question of Ethics: A Contribution to the Ethical Critique of Western Modernity

Name: The Question of Ethics: A Contribution to the Ethical Critique of Western Modernity
Author: Ṭāhā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

سؤال الأخلاق: مساهمة في النقد الأخلاقي للحداثة الغربية

Ṭāhā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

Argues that the human being is defined by ethics rather than reason alone and criticises Western modernity for detaching morality from religion.

Keywords: Su'al al-akhlaq, ethics, Western modernity, technology

Archived 14 October 2026

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al-Raḥmān, Ṭāhā ʿAbd. The Question of Ethics: A Contribution to the Ethical Critique of Western Modernity. 2000. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/taha-abdurrahman-the-question-of-ethics-a-contribution-to-the/