Bibliography: BIB24645

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB24645
reference type	Book Section
title	Towards a Bahá'í Ethics
book title	Search for Values : Ethics in Bahá'í Thought
series title	Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions
author	Schaefer, Udo
authority control	Udo Schaefer
editor	Fazel, Seena and Danesh, John
year	2004
publisher	Kalimát Press
place published	Los Angeles, CA
abstract	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.
language	English
keywords	ETHICS; VALUES
pages	1–19
section	7.
series volume	v.15