Towards a Bahá'í Ethics
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TextProducer: Kalimát Press 2004Subject(s): Abstract: Proposes that Bahá'u'lláh's ethical teachings and injunctions provide a coherent moral system. A Bahá'í hierarchy of virtues rests on several metaphysical premises: God is the source of absolute moral values; individuals are in control of their drives and actions (they are morally responsible); virtuous behavior is rewarded in the afterlie. Bahá'í ethics can be divided into two types of ethical isntructions: teleological (an ethic of virtue aimed at good deeds and a praiseworthy character); the other is deontological (laws, commandments and prohibitions). There are three possible categories of virtues constituting duties to God, to oneself, and to others: "theocentric virtues," "virtues of the Path," and "worldly virtues," of which justice has been assinged the ighest rank.
Proposes that Bahá'u'lláh's ethical teachings and injunctions provide a coherent moral system. A Bahá'í hierarchy of virtues rests on several metaphysical premises: God is the source of absolute moral values; individuals are in control of their drives and actions (they are morally responsible); virtuous behavior is rewarded in the afterlie. Bahá'í ethics can be divided into two types of ethical isntructions: teleological (an ethic of virtue aimed at good deeds and a praiseworthy character); the other is deontological (laws, commandments and prohibitions). There are three possible categories of virtues constituting duties to God, to oneself, and to others: "theocentric virtues," "virtues of the Path," and "worldly virtues," of which justice has been assinged the ighest rank.