Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics

by George F. Hourani

Book Overview

This volume collects the published essays of the late Professor Hourani on Islamic ethics in the earlier classical and formative periods of Islamic civilization. Ethics was from the start at the core of Islam, and the construction of philosophical theories to support normative ethics made those centuries among the most profound and intensely active in the history of ethical thought. The book opens with two general and contextual pieces and thereafter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521035635
• ISBN13: 9780521035637
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"