Why this book?
- To become familiar with discussions of social ethics within the framework of contemporary moral philosophy.
- To understand the relationship between tolerance, individual rights, and civic life.
- To ethically examine issues such as violence, torture, and justice.
- To learn about Arash Naraghi's perspective on civil society and moral virtues.
About the book
"Tolerance and Civility (Essays on Social Ethics)" is a collection of seventeen essays by Arash Naraghi on social ethics. This book attempts to show how moral principles can play a role in regulating human relations in civil society and which virtues and values are essential for an ethical life in the public sphere.
In this work, Naraghi considers social ethics a subset of applied ethics; a field concerned with moral judgment about real-life situations in social life. The book's essays fall into two general sections: the first essays deal more with meta-ethical issues and metaphysical and epistemological foundations, while the later essays examine topics in social ethics.
Among the subjects discussed in the book are the relationship between religion and ethics, ethics and mysticism, the relation between Islamic ethics and liberal ethics, the virtue of tolerance, forgiveness, just violence, justice, human rights, the rights of social groups, political divorce, and the ethics of vegetarianism. This book is suitable for those interested in moral philosophy, political philosophy, and discussions related to civil society.