In this two-part course students will first get exposure to theories of Islamic law and ethics, followed by a brief history of the development of law and ethics. In the second part students examine a number of themes and topics related to Muslim ethics from family law, gender ethics, political ethics to biomedical ethics among other themes.
The approach adopted in this course views Muslim law and ethics as a work in progress, changing and adapting over time, while there is clear continuity in tradition. However, the course shows that tradition whether ethical or juridical, is neither monolithic nor fractured but diverse. Yet, the advent of modernity poses very different kinds of challenges to pre-modern traditions: the course explores and documents the variations in ethical and legal practices produced by the multiple moral economies in different social contexts.
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