Admission requirements
Admission to this course is restricted to:
BA students in Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives, who have successfully com-pleted at least 70 ECTS credits of the mandatory components of the first and second year of their bachelor’s programme, including Philosophical Skills and one of the following combina-tions: Ethics and Political Philosophy OR Language and Thought and World Philosophies: Greek and Roman Antiquity OR : Concepts of Selfhood and at least one of the components World Phi-losophies: China, India, Middle East or Africa.
BA students in Filosofie, who have successfully completed at least 70 ECTS credits of the man-datory components of the first and second year of their bachelor’s programme, including Filosofische vaardigheden and one of the following combinations: Ethiek and Politieke filosofie OR Medieval Philosophy and Griekse en Romeinse filosofie OR Philosophy of Mind and Com-parative Philosophy.
Pre-master’s students in Philosophy who are in possession of an admission statement and who have to complete an advanced seminar.
Description
Ethics and morality in Islamic learned discourses find their origin in a plethora of sources, ranging from the scriptural canons of the Qurʾan and hadith, to the dedicated texts in philosophy, theology, law, and quranic exegesis. The devoted genres of philosophical ethics in Islam is known as ʿilm al-akhlaq. To study Islamic ethics is to study centuries of philosophical reflections on moral conduct, wisdom, beauty, virtue, humanism, duty and responsibility, and excellence.
The aim of this course is to study in close detail theories of Islamic ethics, morality, and practical wisdom from a range of Muslim thinkers and key canons from the genre. In doing so, students will explore questions and themes on self-cultivation, piety, communal togetherness, virtue and vice, and much more.
Course objectives
By the end of this course students should be able to:
Demonstrate familiarity with some of the Arabic and Islamic ethical theories, moral philosophy, and philosophical debates surrounding human action.
Critically reflect on, distinguish between, and examine key varieties and aspects of philosophical argumentation.
Exhibit the analytic skills necessary to comprehend the relevance of the past to their understanding of the present, while becoming more familiar with their own assumptions and values.
Acquire a set of reading and discussion skills that allow them to engage texts and others in an informed and conscientious manner.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
- Seminar
Assessment method
Assessment
Paper I: 2000 words (20%)
Paper II: 3000 words (60%)
Weekly Essays: 1000 words (20%)
Weighing
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average. To pass the course, the weighted average of the partial grades must be 5.5 or higher.
Resit
The resit consists of one exam for all parts at once (midterm and final, and weekly submissions). The mark for the resit replaces all previously earned marks.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
Cyrus Zargar, The Polished Mirror (London, 2017)
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Huizinga
Remarks
Not applicable.