Bibliography: HUR4PADK

key	HUR4PADK
title	Towards a Bahá'í Ethics
author	Schaefer, Udo
authority control	Udo Schaefer
item type	Book section
publication year	2004
date	2004
publication title	Search for Values : Ethics in Bahá'í Thought
abstract note	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.
pages	1-19
series	Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions
series number	v.15
publisher	Kalimát Press
place	Los Angeles, CA
language	English
manual tags	ETHICS; VALUES
editor	Fazel, Seena; Danesh, John