Quality and Structure of the Mutually-Based Relationship between Religion and Ethics

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Associate Professor of Islamic Theology and Philosophy, Baqir al-Ulum University

10.22034/ra.2018.32754

Abstract

The relationship between religion and ethics is established in a variety of ways such as sameness, interaction and contrast and each of them have a variety of types. The current research has emphasized on the mutually enhanced relationship between religion and ethic. From this point of view, on ne hand, religion is something right and rational and serves as the foundation of ethics and a guaranty for its enforcement. On the other, ethics spirit of religion, a part of it and among the objectives of religion. Thus, if religion is the distinction between right and wrong, rather than a mere feeling and emotion or absolute obedience, it can be stated that religion and ethics has a mutually enhanced relationship.

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