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AuthorElmahjub, Ezieddin
Available date2024-01-21T05:31:53Z
Publication Date2022-01-01
Publication NameGlobal Bioethics
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11287462.2022.2118977
CitationEzieddin Elmahjub (2022) Normative account of Islamic bioethics in end-of-life care, Global Bioethics, 33:1, 133-154, DOI: 10.1080/11287462.2022.2118977
ISSN11287462
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URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/50925
AbstractThis article addresses the bioethical challenges raised by end-of-life care (EoLC) from the perspective of Islamic normativity. Rejecting positivist positions, it argues for the use of a flexible approach midway between a deontological conception of human life as having a sacred value that cannot be bargained over, as represented by the teachings of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī's, and one that introduces considerations of pain (alam) and pleasure (ladhdah) into ethical evaluations, as expounded by the jurist Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī. Under this approach, described as “Islamic evaluator relativity,” moral agents formulate a normative position tailored to their beliefs and the circumstances of the case, in which the right course of action is expressed as a value judgement (amr ijtihādi) and the evaluator (mujtahid) is rewarded regardless of the choices they make. Keywords: Islamic bioethics, End-of-life-care, bioethics, normative ethics.
SponsorOpen Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library.
Languageen
PublisherTaylor and Francis Group
Subjectbioethics
End-of-life-care
Islamic bioethics
normative ethics
TitleNormative account of Islamic bioethics in end-of-life care
TypeArticle
Pagination133-154
Issue Number1
Volume Number33
ESSN1591-7398
dc.accessType Open Access


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