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Wartość życia u podstaw islamskiej (bio)etyki
The value of life at the core of Islamic (bio)ethics

Author(s): Marcin Leźnicki
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: Islam; Quran; Allah; Sunnis; Shi’a; sharia law; value of life; sanctity of life; man; human community; soul; sin; axiology; Islamic bioethics

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the position of Islamic ethics and bioethics on the issue of the value of life. To better illustrate this topic the article is divided into two parts. In the first, the authors provide an overview of ethics, and relate it Islamic bioethics, including its sources and inspirations, while in the second, the authors examine the value of life as depicted from the perspective of Quranic ethics and Islamic bioethics of both the Shi’a and the Sunnis. Although the text has a propedeutic character it is important because it adds another theologico-philosophical layer to the complex bioethical discussion that lies at the heart of the current dispute about the value of human life

  • Issue Year: 11/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 51-70
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish