Ethics can and must serve as the criterion for the critique of religious understanding; without ethical standards, jurisprudence and theology remain exposed to serious error.
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Life and Thought
Abolghasem Fanaei, born in 1959 in Tehran, is a researcher in moral philosophy and theology who focuses on the relation between religion and ethics and the priority of ethics over religion. He has both seminary and university training, and his works on the ethical critique of religious understanding have been controversial.
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Writings and transcribed lectures6 titles
Religion and Environmental Ethics
Religion on the Scales of Ethics: The Relationship Between Religious Ethics and Secular Ethics
The Ethics of Religious Studies
The Spell of the Red Rose: An Inquiry into the Moral Explanation of the Karbala Event
Religion and Environmental Ethics: From Conflict to Overlapping Consensus
The Ethics of Religious Observance
