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Running Head : MORAL ETHICS

Contingencies on the Moral Ethics of Qu 'ran

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Contingencies on the Moral Ethics of Qu 'ran

Moral ethics or moral philosophy involves the systemization , defense and recommendation of the concepts of right and wrong behavior Currently , we define morality within the religious tomes and its dictates . The normative concept of what is right and wrong is religiously determined that is to say that the moral dictums we follow or pattern is dependent on what the religious tomes , like the Bible

[for the Christians] and Qu 'ran [for the Moslem] impose on its ' followers Take for instance , the suras of Mohammad in Al-Isra ' [ The Night Journey of the Children of Israel] , a Moslem disciple of Allah , defines the virtues and duties of a faithful Moslem . Hereto we investigate the moral dictums of Sura 17 of Qu 'ran and moral implications on the contemporary society as well as several other important issues like the Sura politicization and current social relevance

Mohammad 's Sura 17Al Isra ' titled The Night Journey of the Children of Israel is equivocal to the Abraham 's Ten Commandments in the Christians Holy Bible . As human beings , we are differentiated from the rest of the animal kingdom by our ability to `reason ' and to play by the set of rules and obligations as members of the holistic society . The imposition of `rules , `regulations , and `duties ' are complex but the foundation is basically the same---they appear obligatory irrespective of the consequences that may follow

One major tenet of duty theories is duty /obligation to God /Allah and arguably , any religion for that matter , would necessitate or allude to the practice of inward and outward worship to God . For Moslems , such practice is neatly outlined in the `commandments ' imposed by Allah through the writings of His disciple Mohammad in Sura 17 of the Qu 'ran The precepts of Moslem moral duty are basically the same with that of the Christian , `Do not kill , `Honoring parents , `Do not lie , `Avoid adultery , `Do not covet , and `observing Sabbath . Because such moral duties were defined thousands of years ago , they would naturally lose the characteristic elasticity especially if correlated to the current demands of the changing society . The contention is that with the rise of technology and the current trend of globalization , moral duty is now questioned with the concept of Darwinian adaptation . Looking at it this way , Moslem moral duty would need to rectify the age old wisdom to answer to the demands of the societal evolution . Would Allah 's commandments be suffice to feed the moral need of the people

Apparently , Allah puts emphasis on prima facie duties described in Qu 'ran Sura 17 . In actuality such duties lay conflict on our daily life Poverty is a pox of the society and one of the major problems correlated to it is overpopulation . To combat this , the [most] government prescribed or legalized `abortion ' to control increasing population Naturally , abortion is a huge no-no to...