ISLAMIC ARCHIVESBeing a “Good Person” is Not Enough: Why Ethics Need IslamOvamir Anjum

Published: 2022
Published in: Yaqeen Institute
Language: English
Type: Paper
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Being a “Good Person” is Not Enough: Why Ethics Need Islam

Ovamir Anjum

Does ethics need religion? This paper covers how in order to be good, we must not just make an intellectual choice to be good but to commit and struggle for what is true and good.

Keywords: Islamic ethics, morality, secular ethics, tawhid

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Anjum, Ovamir. Being a “Good Person” is Not Enough: Why Ethics Need Islam. Yaqeen Institute. 2022. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/yq-being-a-good-person-is-not-enough-why-ethics-need/