Normative account of Islamic bioethics in end-of-life care
Author | Elmahjub, Ezieddin |
Available date | 2024-01-21T05:31:53Z |
Publication Date | 2022-01-01 |
Publication Name | Global Bioethics |
Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11287462.2022.2118977 |
Citation | Ezieddin Elmahjub (2022) Normative account of Islamic bioethics in end-of-life care, Global Bioethics, 33:1, 133-154, DOI: 10.1080/11287462.2022.2118977 |
ISSN | 11287462 |
Abstract | This 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. |
Sponsor | Open Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library. |
Language | en |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Subject | bioethics End-of-life-care Islamic bioethics normative ethics |
Type | Article |
Pagination | 133-154 |
Issue Number | 1 |
Volume Number | 33 |
ESSN | 1591-7398 |
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